Audio English.net » Dictionary » S » Still ... Stipendiary

STINKING WATTLE

Dictionary entry overview: What does stinking wattle mean?

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

1. scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms

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

Dictionary entry details

• STINKING WATTLE (noun)

Sense 1

stinking wattle ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acacia cambegei; gidgee; stinking wattle

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

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

Holonyms ("stinking 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)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas." (English proverb)

"The flower has no front or back." (Afghanistan proverb)

"Older than you by a day, more knowledgeable than you by a year." (Arabic proverb)

"Heaven helps those who help themselves." (Corsican proverb)

Related FAQs:

» STINKING
» WATTLE

Page delivered in 0.0269 seconds