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silver wattle

silver wattle noun: any of various shrubs of the genus Acacia having silvery foliage, especially Acacia dealbata of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

silver wattle: any of various shrubs of the genus Acacia having silvery foliage, especially Acacia dealbata of...
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Noun

silver wattle (plural silver wattles)

  1. (Australia) Any of various shrubs of the genus Acacia having silvery foliage, especially Acacia dealbata of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
    • Dogs were heard howling and there was a rustle in the silver wattle.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 160

Forms of silver wattle

pluralsilver wattles

Questions about silver wattle

What does silver wattle mean?
Silver wattle means any of various shrubs of the genus Acacia having silvery foliage, especially Acacia dealbata of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
What part of speech is silver wattle?
Silver wattle is a noun.
What is the plural of silver wattle?
The plural of silver wattle is silver wattles.

Words near silver wattle in the dictionary

  1. silver tsunami
  2. silver vine
  3. silver vines
  4. silver vixen
  5. silver vixens
  6. silver wattle
  7. silver wedding
  8. silver weddings
  9. silver white
  10. silver whiting
  11. silver Y

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