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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 flowers
Familiarity information: SILVER WATTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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