different between melaleuca vs eucalyptus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From genus name Melaleuca.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?l??lu?k?/

Noun

melaleuca (plural melaleucas)

1. (botany) Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo 2012, p. 294:

     [H]e passed on, upsetting nothing, completely unnoticed by the peewee birds and crows resting in the silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland […]

Translations

English

Etymology

From French eucalyptus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?pt?s
• IPA^(key): /?ju?k??l?pt?s/

Noun

eucalyptus (plural eucalypti or eucalyptuses)

1. Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

   Synonyms: gum tree, eucalypt

   Hyponyms: gum, mallee, stringybark, ironbark, blackbutt, yate, yellow box

2. A greenish colour, like that of a eucalyptus leaves.

Hyponyms

• (tree): box, gimlet

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• eucalyptus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Coined by Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in 1788 from Ancient Greek ?? (eû, “well”) + ???????? (kaluptós, “covered”), from ??????? (kalúpt?, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.ka.lip.tys/
• Hyphenation: eu?ca?lyp?tus

Noun

eucalyptus m (plural eucalyptus)

1. eucalyptus

Descendants

• ? English: eucalyptus

Further reading

• “eucalyptus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).