mulga

[ muhl-guh ]

/ ˈmʌl gə /

noun, plural mul·gas, mul·ga.

an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock.

an object, as an Aboriginal shield or club, made from the wood of this tree.

Origin of mulga

First recorded in 1830–40; from Yuwaalaraay (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken near Lightning Ridge, northern New South Wales) malga

Words nearby mulga

muleta, muleteer, mule train, muley, muley saw, mulga, Mulhacén, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mulhouse, muliebria, muliebrity

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Example sentences from the Web for mulga

There are a number of gum-trees, and the new tree that was found on Captain Sturt's expedition, 1844, but mulga predominates.
Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart|John McDouall Stuart
The horse simply stood in the shade of a small belt of mulga, but he would not try to eat.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles
The valley consists of grassy flats, though somewhat thickly timbered with mulga.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles
To continue this course would lead me again into the mulga scrub, where I do not want to get if I can help it.
Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart|John McDouall Stuart

As the sun set our faith was rewarded; before us in an outcrop surrounded by mulga lay two fine rock-holes with an ample supply.
Spinifex and Sand|David W Carnegie

British Dictionary definitions for mulga

mulga

/ (ˈmʌlɡə) /

noun Australian

any of various Australian acacia shrubs, esp Acacia aneura, which grows in the central desert regions and has leaflike leafstalks

scrub comprised of a dense growth of acacia

the outback; bush

Word Origin for mulga

from a native Australian language

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	mulga
释义	mulga [ muhl-guh ] / ˈmʌl gə / noun, plural mul·gas, mul·ga. an Australian shrub or small tree, Acacia aneura, forming dense growths in some areas and having foliage used as forage for livestock. an object, as an Aboriginal shield or club, made from the wood of this tree. Origin of mulga First recorded in 1830–40; from Yuwaalaraay (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken near Lightning Ridge, northern New South Wales) malga Words nearby mulga muleta, muleteer, mule train, muley, muley saw, mulga, Mulhacén, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Mulhouse, muliebria, muliebrity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mulga There are a number of gum-trees, and the new tree that was found on Captain Sturt's expedition, 1844, but mulga predominates. Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart\|John McDouall Stuart The horse simply stood in the shade of a small belt of mulga, but he would not try to eat. Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration\|Ernest Giles The valley consists of grassy flats, though somewhat thickly timbered with mulga. Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration\|Ernest Giles To continue this course would lead me again into the mulga scrub, where I do not want to get if I can help it. Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart\|John McDouall Stuart As the sun set our faith was rewarded; before us in an outcrop surrounded by mulga lay two fine rock-holes with an ample supply. Spinifex and Sand\|David W Carnegie British Dictionary definitions for mulga mulga / (ˈmʌlɡə) / noun Australian any of various Australian acacia shrubs, esp Acacia aneura, which grows in the central desert regions and has leaflike leafstalks scrub comprised of a dense growth of acacia the outback; bush Word Origin for mulga from a native Australian language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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