mulga
(Australia, colloquial, in combination) The outback.
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(Australia, colloquial, in combination) The outback.
: This paper describes a preliminary field experiment designed to examine the effect of supplementing sheep fed mulga with several proprietary licks and a more comprehensive field experiment to evaluate the effect of the most promising l…
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(Australia) Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially , forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia.
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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(Australia, preceded by definite article) Any region where mulga is the predominant vegetation.
1983, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, The Queensland Journal of Agriculture and Animal Science, Volumes 40-42, [https://books.google.com/books?id=cDsNAQAAMAAJ&q=%22mulga%22|%22mulgas%22+-intitle:%22mulga%22+-inauthor:%22%…
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