different between mallee vs allee

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mali/
• (Australian, General American) IPA^(key): /?mæli/
• Hyphenation: mal?lee

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Wemba-Wemba mali; compare Woiwurrung mali.

Noun

mallee (plural mallees)

1. (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. [from 19th c.]
2. (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. [from 19th c.]
   • 1985, Peter Carey, chapter 4, in Illywhacker, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, ?ISBN; republished Faber and Faber, 2003, ?ISBN, page 365:

     It made no difference that he had also invented several ploughs and a device for grubbing Mallee country or that people had journeyed all the way from Melbourne to inspect them.

3. (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. [from 19th c.]
4. (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera.
   • 1978 June, Eliseo O. Mariani; Warren A. Wood; Paul C. Kouchoukos; Mary Beth Minton; Marelco, Inc., “Introduction” and “The Eucalypts”, in The Eucalyptus Energy Farm: Feasibility Study and Demonstration: Phase 1: Site and Species Selection (HCP/T2557-01), Washington, D.C.: Division of Solar Technology, Office of Energy Technology, United States Department of Energy, OCLC 4093594:

     [page 1-4, section 1.3] Of the many variations in form of the Eucalyptus (shrubs, mallees, trees, etc.), virtually all species being tested in the above category are those which exhibit good tree form (e.g., height, straightness of trunk, etc.).

     [page 2-1, section 2.2] Shrubby eucalypts are usually referred to as "mallees" although the term strictly applies to those species which have many stems growing from an enlarged rootstock (lignotuber).

Derived terms

• mallee bird, mallee fowl, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)
• mallee ringneck (Australian ringneck; Barnardius zonarius)
• mallee roller
• mallee soil

Etymology 2

See mali.

Noun

mallee (plural mallees)

2. (India, South Asia) Alternative spelling of mali (“a native gardener”).

Further reading

• mallee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mallee (habit) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

mallee

1. vocative singular of malleus

English

Alternative forms

• allée

Etymology

From French allée (“path”)

Noun

allee (plural allees)

1. A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.

Anagrams

• Leela

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le?/
• Hyphenation: al?lee
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allez.

Alternative forms

• allé
• allez

Interjection

allee

1. (Belgium) come on

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French allée.

Noun

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

1. avenue, broad lane flanked by trees
2. (Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)

   Synonym: overloop

Middle English

Noun

allee

1. Alternative form of aley

Middle French

Noun

allee f (plural allees)

1. departure

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German allein, Dutch alleen, English alone.

Adjective

allee

1. alone

Adverb

allee

1. alone