jam-tree
UK/ˈdʒamtriː/
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Australia/ˈdʒæmtriː/
jam-tree noun: acacia acuminata, a flowering tree species from Australia.
Noun
jam-tree (plural jam-trees)
- Acacia acuminata, a flowering tree species from Australia.
- Althought this species of Shrike-Thrush is very common in this district, I have so far only seen one other nest, and that was about 10 feet from the ground, built in the fork of a jam-tree, and contained two fresh eggs on the 21st October 1907.1911, Emu - Austral Ornithology, volume 10, number 4, →DOI, page 299
- Dance meeting of the stilt-legged birds, aquatic slurring, in the blue-green algae slough of a bright curing, black curve of ibis beak, harrowing concentrated water and solubles, as one line passes over teal, river gum, composition of swamp-oak and jam-tree, farmhouse on the edge of, run-off...2001, John Kinsella, From "The Avon River Poems", volume 179, →JSTOR, section 1, pages 80-83
- Synonyms:
- jamwood, jam wattle, raspberry wattle
Synonyms of jam-tree
- jamwood
- jam wattle
- raspberry wattle
Forms of jam-tree
| plural | jam-trees |
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Questions about jam-tree
- What does jam-tree mean?
- Jam-tree means acacia acuminata, a flowering tree species from Australia.
- What part of speech is jam-tree?
- Jam-tree is a noun.
- How do you pronounce jam-tree?
- Jam-tree is pronounced /ˈdʒæmtriː/ (Australia).
- What is the plural of jam-tree?
- The plural of jam-tree is jam-trees.
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