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MALLEE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

[A] land covered by [a dense thicket or growth of mallees].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Domaine semi-aride couvert [...] d'arbustes ou de petits arbres [qui comprend] une ou plusieurs espèce de mallee [...]

CONT

Le Malleefowl est un oiseau australien [qui] occupe le mallee semi-aride frottant sur les franges des régions relativement fertiles de l'Australie méridionale [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
DEF

Any of the eucalypt trees or shrubs with multiple stems arising from a lignotuber; usually a eucalypt.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
CONT

Le lignotuber, que l'on peut traduire en français par l'expression «tubercule ligneux» - souvent souterrain, a été décrit il y a plus de 60 ans pour certains Eucalyptus australiens à troncs multiples (les mallee) qui sont issus d'une base tubérisée et ligneuse.

Spanish

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