gidgee

British

/ ˈɡɪdʒiː /

noun

any of various small acacia trees, Acacia cambagei, which at times emit an unpleasant smell

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Etymology

Origin of gidgee

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

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About five miles west of the town is a narrow but close belt of timber, mostly gnarled mulga and gidgee, with here and there a sprawling stunted creek gum.

From In the Musgrave Ranges by Sayce, Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey)

It is sometimes called bastard gidgee in Western New South Wales.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

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