Melaleuca /ËmÉlÉËljuËkÉ/ is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum). They range in size from small shrubs that rarely grow to more than 1 m (3 ft) high, to trees up to 35 m (100 ft).
magnet noun [ C ] (OBJECT) âº an object that is able both to attract iron and steel objects and also push them away.
The Root of Magnetism. A magnet is one of those things that nearly all of us have used, and yet, have no idea how it works. Most people could tell you that a magnet exerts an invisible force on other magnets, but not many people could tell you why.