silver-leaved ironbark

noun

A small tree with blue-grey foliage, Eucalyptus melanophloia, of Queensland and northern New South Wales.

First used 19th c.
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nounsilver-leaved ironbark (plural silver-leaved ironbarks)

plural silver-leaved ironbarks · alternative silver-leafed ironbark · alternative silver-leaf ironbark

  1. A small tree with blue-grey foliage, Eucalyptus melanophloia, of Queensland and northern New South Wales.First known use 19th c.

    Annabelle recognised the silver-leaved ironbarks, stunted and twisted in their growth, pale golden wattle in bloom, the dense scrub pressing to the verge of the road.

    2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 270
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