mulga
/ˈmʌlɡə/
Etymology
From Gamilaraay malga.
mulga means Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
noun
- Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.“Ford (1969) points out that it is distributed from southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia west through mulga country of the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts to the coast of Western Australia.”
- Any region where mulga is the predominant vegetation.
- The outback.“I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred […]”
- Something made from the wood of a mulga tree.