BLACK WATTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black wattle mean? 

• BLACK WATTLE (noun)
  The noun BLACK WATTLE has 1 sense:

1. Australian tree that yields tanning materials

  Familiarity information: BLACK WATTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK WATTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian tree that yields tanning materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia auriculiformis; black wattle

Hypernyms ("black wattle" is a kind of...):

wattle (any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle)

Holonyms ("black wattle" is a member of...):

genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)