melaleuca

See also: Melaleuca

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From genus name Melaleuca.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛləˈluːkə/

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, published 2012, page 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

any member of the genus Melaleuca

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千層樹／千层树 (qiāncéngshù)

• Finnish: kaarnamyrtti (fi)
• Russian: ча́йное де́рево (ru) n (čájnoje dérevo), мелале́ука f (melaléuka)
• Vietnamese: tràm (vi)