silver wattle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silver wattle
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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They cover up to 100 miles of trail beneath silver wattle and broad-leaf peppermint trees, scramble across crumbly dacite rocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
The silver wattle of nursery catalogues is named for its abundant, silvery-pubescent, feathery foliage.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen
The silver wattle grows freely in shifting sands and by its means waste lands, e.g. the Cape Flats, have been reclaimed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Save for the orange grove at the left and the ash-colored leaves of the silver wattle above them, Weldon could almost have fancied himself in England.
From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock
Such are Acacia pycnantha, golden wattle, A. decurrens, tan wattle, and A. dealbata, silver wattle.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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