golden-wattle

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


See wattle.

1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8:

«Many persons who had been lured into gathering armfulsof early wattle had cause to regret their devotion to theAustralian national bloom, for the golden wattle blossomsproduced unpleasant associations in the minds of the wearersof the green, and there were blows and curses in plenty.In political botany the wattle and blackthorn cannot growside by side.»

1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53:

«The last two weeks have been alive with signs and tokens,saying `Spring is coming, Spring is here.' And though thismay not be the `merry month of May,' yet it is the time ofglorious Golden Wattle, – – wattle waving by the river's bank,nodding aloft its soft plumes of yellow and its gleaming goldenoriflamme, or bending low to kiss its own image in the brownwaters which it loves.»

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