wait-a-bit
wait-a-bit noun: senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia).
Noun (1)
wait-a-bit (plural wait-a-bits)
- Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
- Biancaea decapetala (syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn)
- Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn)
- The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).
- Asparagus spp. of South Africa (Asparagus capensis, Asparagus suaveolens, Asparagus burchellii, Asparagus mariae, Asparagus flavicaulis, Asparagus spinescens)
Noun (2)
wait-a-bit (plural wait-a-bits)
- The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).
- The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia).
- Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).
- Mimosa aculeaticarpa (catclaw mimosa, wait-a-minute bush), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
- Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Forms of wait-a-bit
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Origin of wait-a-bit
From Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.
From the delay caused by the recurved thorns.
Questions about wait-a-bit
- What does wait-a-bit mean?
- Wait-a-bit means senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia).
- What part of speech is wait-a-bit?
- Wait-a-bit is a noun.
- What is the plural of wait-a-bit?
- The plural of wait-a-bit is wait-a-bits.
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