BLACK WATTLE

 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)

Meaning:

Australian tree that yields tanning materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia auriculiformis; black wattle

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

acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

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)