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SCENTED WATTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scented wattle mean?
• SCENTED WATTLE (noun)
The noun SCENTED WATTLE has 1 sense:
1. tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
Familiarity information: SCENTED WATTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acacia farnesiana; cassie; flame tree; huisache; mimosa bush; scented wattle; sweet acacia; sweet wattle
Hypernyms ("scented wattle" is a kind of...):
acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)
Holonyms ("scented 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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