golden wattle

American  

noun

1. a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.

2. any similar acacia, especially A. longifolia, of Australia and Tasmania.

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golden wattle British  

noun

1. an Australian yellow-flowered leguminous plant, Acacia pycnantha, that yields a useful gum and bark

2. any of several similar and related plants, esp Acacia longifolia of Australia

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Example Sentences

The golden wattle, Australia's national floral emblem, is also represented.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The logo depicted a red tulip and a golden wattle - the national flowers of Australia and Afghanistan - entwined around a cricket ball.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

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 Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry

Across the smoky sea of timber they caught sight of the long line of golden wattle through which they had broken their way the previous evening.

From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan

The time was early December, and the golden wattle in full bloom.

From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan