Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

mallee

mallee , noun

[Native name.]

1.
(Botany) A dwarf Australian eucalypt with a number of thin stems springing from a thickened stock. The most common species are Eucalyptus dumosa and Eucalyptus Gracilis.
2.
Scrub or thicket formed by the mallee. [Australia]