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Meaning of melaleuca | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌmɛləˈluːkə

Definitions

Any member of the genus Melaleuca of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family.

Equivalents

العربية بلقاء
Français melaleuca
Italiano melaleuca
日本語 メラルーカ
Kurdî tram
Tiếng Việt trăm

Examples

“From November to February, the usually sombre olive green bush is a palette of pink heath, cream and mauve melaleuca, gold hibbertias, snug on the ground, pale blue iris, the swashbuckling scarlet and orange blandfordia lily, and Hewardia tasmanica, the mountain purple iris.”
“[H]e passed on, upsetting nothing, completely unnoticed by the peewee birds and crows resting in the silent melaleuca trees and paperbark woodland […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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