prickly wattle

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• Prickly

  ·adj Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. ...

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• Wattle

  ·noun Barbel of a fish. II. Wattle ·vt To bind with twigs. III. Wattle ·noun A rod laid on a roof ...

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• wattle

  n. The name is given to very many ofthe various species of Acacia (q.v.), of which thereare about 3...

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• moses, prickly

  n. a bushman's name for Mimosa (q.v.). 1887. `The Australian,' April: «I cannot recommend . . . [...

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• prickly fern

  n. Alsophila australis,R. Br., N.O. Filices. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Pri...

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• prickly mimosa

  n. See mimosa and moses, prickly, under moses. 1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 6: Acacia v...

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• prickly pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• golden-wattle

  n. See wattle. 1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8: «Many persons who had been lured into ga...

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• hickory-wattle

  n. a Queensland name for Acacia aulacocarpa, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae;called Hickory about Brisbane....

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• wattle-bark

  n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...

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• wattle-bird

  n. an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...

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• wattle-gold

  n. poetic name for the blossomof the Wattle. 1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads, Dedn., p. 9: «In ...

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• wattle-gum

  n. the gum exudingfrom the Wattles. 1862. W. Archer, `Products of Tasmania,' p. 41: «Wattle-Gum, ...

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• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

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