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GOLDEN WATTLE

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 ornamental

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

Dictionary entry details

• GOLDEN WATTLE (noun)

Sense 1

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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...):

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

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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