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GOLDEN WATTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does golden wattle mean? 

GOLDEN WATTLE (noun)
  The noun GOLDEN WATTLE has 1 sense:

1. shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamentalplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GOLDEN WATTLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia pycnantha; golden wattle

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

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

Holonyms ("golden 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)


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