coolabah
Meaning
A eucalypt, Eucalyptus coolabah, that grows along watercourses in inland Australia.
Example
The swaggie camped in the shade of a coolabah by the billabong.
Origin
From an Aboriginal language.
Variants
coolibah, coolibar
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