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sallee wattle

sallee wattle noun: any of various Australian acacias, especially Acacia longifolia of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

Noun

sallee wattle (plural sallee wattles)

  1. (Australia) Any of various Australian acacias, especially Acacia longifolia of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
    • The gate was five-barred, put together from crooked tree limbs, grey corkwood and sally wattle, iron coachbolts drilled through at the joints […].2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 127

Forms of sallee wattle

pluralsallee wattles
alternative formsally wattle

Questions about sallee wattle

What does sallee wattle mean?
Sallee wattle means any of various Australian acacias, especially Acacia longifolia of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
What part of speech is sallee wattle?
Sallee wattle is a noun.
What is the plural of sallee wattle?
The plural of sallee wattle is sallee wattles.

Words near sallee wattle in the dictionary

  1. salle
  2. salle d'armes
  3. sallee
  4. Sallee rover
  5. Sallee rovers
  6. sallee wattle
  7. sallee wattles
  8. Sallee-man
  9. Sallee-men
  10. sallees
  11. sallekhana

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