mallee
noun
mal·lee ˈma-lē 
1
: any of various low-growing shrubby Australian eucalypts (such as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa)
2
: a dense thicket or growth of mallees
also : land covered by such growth
Word History
Etymology
probably from Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of western Victoria) mali
First Known Use
1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1