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Definition of Brigalow
1. an acacia tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brigalow
Literary usage of Brigalow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theological and Literary Journal (1861)
"concatenated line of ponds ; at one place spreading amidst brigalow scrub, ...
The fallen timber of the brigalow becoming clogged with river rack and the ..."
2. The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1852)
"and again proceeded through brigalow to my camp, in lat. ... At 7 miles encountered
a brigalow scrub, which threw me off my course to the eastward. ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1883)
"brigalow is an Acacia forest where the trees are of good height and size, seldom
rising more than about 100 feet above the ground. ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"AC Grant, 'Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ip 190: " Now they pass through a small
patch of brigalow scrub. Some one has split a piece from a trunk of a ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"(iv) A. aneura. See Mulga. (v) A. glaucescens Willd. Also known as " Mountain
brigalow " and " Rosewood. ... Also known as " brigalow." South Queensland. ..."
6. The Exploration of Australia by Albert Frederick Calvert (1901)
"reaching Mount Pluto, and travelling over ground covered with brigalow, matted
vines and young pines, they at length reached a chain of ponds, ..."
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