golden wattle
Americannoun
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a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
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any similar acacia, especially A. longifolia, of Australia and Tasmania.
noun
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an Australian yellow-flowered leguminous plant, Acacia pycnantha, that yields a useful gum and bark
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any of several similar and related plants, esp Acacia longifolia of Australia
Example Sentences
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The logo depicted a red tulip and a golden wattle - the national flowers of Australia and Afghanistan - entwined around a cricket ball.
From BBC
Trump's guests dined on tables dressed in ombre yellow and green cloths — a nod to Australia's national colors, green and gold, drawn from the national flower, the golden wattle.
From Washington Post
Both sides of it were lined with thick bushes of golden wattle that shut out all view on either hand.
From Project Gutenberg
His horse's feet brushed through the delicate asplenium, the Venus'-hair of Australia; the sarsaparilla still hung in scant purple tufts on the golden wattle, and the scarlet correa lurked among the broken quartz.
From Project Gutenberg
The time was early December, and the golden wattle in full bloom.
From Project Gutenberg
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