myall
/ˈmaɪəl/noun
1
- an Australian acacia tree with hard decorative timber that is used for tobacco pipes and other fancy work垂枝相思树。
- ORIGIN: mid 19th cent.: perhaps a transferred use of sense 2, with reference to trade in wood between Dharuk-speakers and Kamilaroispeakers.
1.1
- Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular A. pendula, which has violet-scented timber.金合欢属, 豆科：数种, 尤指垂枝相思树, 其木材散发紫罗兰香味。
2
- Austral. an Australian Aboriginal living in a traditional way〈澳〉以传统方式生活的澳大利亚土著居民。
- ORIGIN: from Dharuk mayal, miyal'person of another tribe'.