prickly mimosa

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

See mimosa and moses, prickly, under moses.

1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 6:

Acacia verticillata. Whorl leaved Acacia, or PricklyMimosa, so called from its sharp pointed leaves standing out inwhorls round the stem like the spokes of a wheel.»

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