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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOOBIALLA

From a native Australian language.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOOBIALLA

boobialla  [ˌbuːbɪˈælə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOOBIALLA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Boobialla is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOOBIALLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

boobialla

Myoporum insulare

Myoporum insulare is a shrub or small tree which occurs on dunes and coastal cliffs in Australia. Common names include Common Boobialla, Boobialla, Native Juniper and, in Western Australia, Blueberry Tree. It has thick, smooth green leaves which are 3 to 9 cm long and 7 to 22 mm in width with edges that are either untoothed or toothed toward the apex. White flowers with purple spots appear in the leaf axils in clusters of 3 to 8 and are 6 to 8 mm in diameter. Peak flowering times are July to February in Western Australia and October to December in south-eastern Australia. The smooth, rounded fruits are purple to black and 4.5 to 9 mm in diameter. The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.

Definition of boobialla in the English dictionary

The definition of boobialla in the dictionary is any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Myoporum, esp M. insulare.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOOBIALLA


Allah
ˈælə
Bala
ˈbælə
caballer
kəˈbælə
calla
ˈkælə
Caracalla
ˌkærəˈkælə
cavalla
kəˈvælə
Galla
ˈɡælə
inshallah
ɪnˈʃælə
inyala
ɪnˈjælə
palla
ˈpælə
pallor
ˈpælə
Ramallah
rəˈmælə
talegalla
ˌtælɪˈɡælə
Turnhalle
ˈtɜːnˌhælə
Valhalla
vælˈhælə
vallar
ˈvælə
valor
ˈvælə
valour
ˈvælə
Walhalla
wælˈhælə
Whyalla
waɪˈælə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOOBIALLA

boo-word
boob
boob happy
boob job
boob tube
boobhead
boobies
boobird
boobish
booboisie
boobook
Boobquake
booby
booby hatch
booby prize
booby trap
booby-trap
booby-trapped
boobyish
boobyism

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOOBIALLA

Anguilla
Castilla
chuckawalla
chuckwalla
Cinderella
corolla
Falla
gorilla
holla
Isabella
nalla
olla
Sevilla
stella
Sulla
umbrella
Valla
vanilla
villa
walla

Synonyms and antonyms of boobialla in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boobialla» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOOBIALLA

Find out the translation of boobialla to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of boobialla from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «boobialla» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

boobialla
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

boobialla
570 millions of speakers

English

boobialla
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

boobialla
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

boobialla
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

boobialla
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boobialla
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

boobialla
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boobialla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boobialla
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

boobialla
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

boobialla
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

boobialla
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boobialla
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

boobialla
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

boobialla
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोबीअल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boobialla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boobialla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

boobialla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

boobialla
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boobialla
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

boobialla
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

boobialla
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

boobialla
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

boobialla
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boobialla

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOBIALLA»

The term «boobialla» is used very little and occupies the 189.269 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOOBIALLA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «boobialla» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «boobialla» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about boobialla

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOOBIALLA»

Discover the use of boobialla in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boobialla and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes: Common Names, ...
English: waterbush, Australian blueberry tree Australia: boobialla, western boobialla, northern boobialla, puturryu, mee mee, nymoo, pulkaru, tjurrkajurrka, walkapa, native myrtle, native daphne, waterbush, strychnine bush, dogwood, water ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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Medicinal Plants in Australia Volume 4: An Antipodean Apothecary
(Upper image courtesy Melburnian; lower image courtesy Raffi Kojian, Gardenology.org) Boobialla Bush Tucker In more recent times the Australian Myoporaceae have become increasingly popular for horticultural they produce extremely ...
Cheryll Williams, 2013
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Plants of Western New South Wales
western bOObldlld WESTERN BOOBIALLA M yoporum montanum R.Br. Myoporaceae Water bush, boobialla, bush boobialla, boomeralla, native daphne, native myrtle, mee-mee, nymoo. Erect bushy shrub, l-3 m high. Leaves alternate ...
JH Leigh, 2011
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Butterflies: Identification and life history
Attendant ants: The larvae and pupae are not attended by ants. Larval food plant: Prostrate Boobialla, Myoporum parvifolium. Biology: Adults fly close to the ground and near their food plant, landing frequently to bask in the sun with their wings ...
Ross Field, 2013
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Aboriginal Plant Collectors: Botanists and Australian ...
... broad-leaved (Corymbia foelscheana) 110 blueberry tree or boobialla or native juniper (Myoporum insulare) 51, 51 boab or bottle-tree (Adansonia gregorii) 30, 105, 117 boobialla or coastal wattle (Acacia longifolia subspecies sophorae) 51 ...
Philip A. Clarke, 2008
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The Native Plants of Adelaide: Returning the Vanishing ...
Fruit M. platycarpum and M. parvifolium (the prostrate Creeping Boobialla) have brown papery capsules. The other shrubby species all develop fleshy berries, ripening either to white or a reddish colour. Distribution M. acuminatum (Native ...
Phil Bagust, Lynda Tout-Smith, 2010
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Flora of the Otway Plain and Ranges 2: Daisies, Heaths, ...
MU DWORT, BOOBIALLA Limosella L. diminutive of limosus I muddy referring to the habitat and size of plants in this genus Small, annual or perennial herbs with rhizomes or runners and growing in mud or shallow water. Leaves are basal ...
Enid Mayfield, 2013
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Eyewitness Companions: Trees
331. Boobialla. HEIGHT 6425 ft (243 m) TYPE Evergreen OCCURRENCE Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) A species that grows on sandy soil and rocky sites, this broad—crowned tree can be used for hedging and street planting, ...
Carol Usher, John White, Colin Ridsdale, 2005
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Flora of the South West: Dicotyledons
Boobialla. 682. Book Triggerplant 903 Bookleaf 742 Boomerang Triggerplant 912 Borage 534 Boraginaceae 534 Borago officinalis 534 Boronia 868. alata. 874. anceps 868 capitata 869, 870, 871 subsp. gracilis 870 crenulata 870 subsp.
Judith Roderick Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, Margaret Lewington, 2002
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Myoporum Acuminatum
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Kn Tr Benoit, 2011

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOOBIALLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term boobialla is used in the context of the following news items.
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Australia's Bush Is Coming to Your Cocktail
But what if the line up included pepperberry, akudjura, wattleseed and boobialla? Most of us wouldn't have even heard of these, let alone ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Sep 14»
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Spring weather lures Canberra gardeners
The 'Centenary Carpet', a variation of the Creeping Boobialla (Myoporum parvifolium), is a hardy and fast-growing evergreen ground cover, ... «The Canberra Times, Sep 14»
3
Five of kind: Australian gins
... the addition of an island berry, boobialla or native juniper, gives it a distinctive Australian flavour. It's also additive-free and preservative-free. «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 14»
4
Handmade, Aussie gin leading the way in spirit's comeback
Kangaroo Island Spirits is increasingly acclaimed for its small batch, hand-made gin featuring local botanicals such as Boobialla with its berry ... «SBS, Jul 14»

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