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mel·a·leu·ca

(mĕl′ə-lo͞o′kə)

Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Melaleuca, native chiefly to Australia, having aromatic leaves containing essential oils and usually papery white bark.

[New Latin, genus name : Greek melās, black (probably from the black trunks or the black inner bark of some melaleuca species ) + Greek leukos, white; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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melaleuca

(ˌmɛləˈluːkə)

(Plants) any shrub or tree of the mostly Australian myrtaceous genus Melaleuca, found in sandy or swampy regions

[C19: New Latin, from Greek melas black + leukos white, from its black trunk and white branches]

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