black wattle
a tree, Acacia mearnsii, native to Australia and Tasmania, having bark used in tanning.
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How to use black wattle in a sentence
He then planted the seeds of the black wattle, which grew so well that it was only a question of developing the industry.
Leather | K. J. AdcockThe manch is another tree also common to the two colonies; so is the black-wattle.
The Bushman | Edward Wilson LandorThe quality of them was known in the settlement, where a similar timber was called the black wattle.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2 | David Collins
British Dictionary definitions for black wattle
a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii, with yellow flowers
a tall Australian shrub, Callicoma serratifolia
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