black wattle

American  

noun

1. a tree, Acacia mearnsii, native to Australia and Tasmania, having bark used in tanning.

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black wattle British  

noun

1. a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii , with yellow flowers

2. a tall Australian shrub, Callicoma serratifolia

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Example Sentences

In comparison, carbon-capture plantations are usually monocultures and are dominated globally by just five tree species -- teak, mahogany, cedar, silk oak, and black wattle -- that are grown for timber, pulp, or agroforestry.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

They warned that water losses due to invasive species could triple by 2050 because trees including black wattle and cluster pines are spreading.

From Nature • Nov. 1, 2018

Bessie," said John one lovely day, just as the afternoon was merging into evening, "Bessie"—he always called her Bessie now—"I am going down to the black wattle plantation by the big mealie patch.

From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider

Stat. c. plains, swamps        14 "One of most beautiful of plovers;" crown black; face, hind-neck, rump, under white; upper brown; tail white tipped black; wattle on face lemon-yellow; spur on shoulder; f., sim.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

Acacia mollissima.—The black wattle tree of Australia, which furnishes a good tanning principle.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William