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boobyalla Austral.|buːbɪˈælə|
Also boobialla.
[Native name.]
1. The native name in Australia for the Australian wattle.
2. Any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Myoporum, having clusters of small white flowers.
1835Hobart Town Almanack 63 Acacia sophora, Sophora podded Acacia or Booby-aloe. 1843J. Backhouse Narr. Visit to Austral. Colonies 59 The sandbanks at the mouth of Macquarie Harbour are covered with Boobialla, a species of Acacia. 1861L. A. Meredith Over Straits ii. 62 Boobyalla bushes lay within the dash of the ceaseless spray. 1934Antiquity VIII. 182 Sand dunes clothed with boobyallas and other indigenous shrubs. |