sallee

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/sæliː/

noun

Any of various wattles (acacia trees).

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Meanings

sallee1

nounsallee (plural sallees)

plural sallees · alternative sally

  1. AustraliaAny of various wattles (acacia trees).
  2. AustraliaAny of various eucalypts.

    2006, D. J. Boland, M. I. H. Brooker, G. M. Chippendale, N. Hall, B. P. M. Hyland, R.D. Johnston, D. A. Kleinig, M. W. McDonald, J. D. Turner, Forest Trees of Australia, CSIRO, page 556, Black sallee is most common adjacent to creeks and flats in mountainous, tableland country.

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    In colder regions, mountain gums and white sallees – the beautiful twisted snow gums – occur.

    2009, Andrew Bain, Ethan Gelber, Cycling Australia, page 136

Sallee2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. alternativeAlternative spelling of Salé, a coastal town near Rabat in north-western Morocco.

Origin

Transferative use of sally, dialectal variant of sallow (“willow”).

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APA

sallee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sallee

MLA

“sallee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sallee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sallee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sallee.

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