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GOLDEN WATTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does golden wattle mean?
• GOLDEN WATTLE (noun)
The noun GOLDEN WATTLE has 1 sense:
1. shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Familiarity information: GOLDEN WATTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acacia pycnantha; golden wattle
Hypernyms ("golden wattle" is a kind of...):
wattle (any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle)
Holonyms ("golden wattle" is a member of...):
genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)
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