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1. coolamon, n. View full entry 1846
...A shallow basin-shaped container made of wood or bark, used esp. for holding water or other liquids....
2. coolibah, n. View full entry 1879
...Any of several Australian gum trees; spec. Eucalyptus coolabah (sometimes included in E. microtheca), which has greyish-green leaves and fibrous bark, and is widespread near watercourses and seasonally...
3. galah, n. View full entry 1862
...A very common, small Australian cockatoo with a pink breast and grey back, Eolophus roseicapilla. Also called rose-breasted cockatoo....
4. mulga, n. View full entry 1839
...An item, esp. a shield or club, made of the wood of a mulga tree (see sense 2)....
5. murri, n. View full entry 1884
...In New South Wales and Queensland: an Australian Aboriginal. Cf. Nunga, Nyungar3....
6. quandong, n. View full entry 1836
...A shrub or small tree native to southern Australia, Santalum acuminatum (family Santalaceae), bearing racemes of small greenish-white flowers and edible bright red fruit; the fruit of this;...
