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SILVER WATTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver wattle mean? 

SILVER WATTLE (noun)
  The noun SILVER WATTLE has 1 sense:

1. evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: SILVER WATTLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVER WATTLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia dealbata; mimosa; silver wattle

Hypernyms ("silver wattle" is a kind of...):

wattle (any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle)

Holonyms ("silver 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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