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waratah

UK/ˈwɔːɹətɑː/

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Australia/ˈwɔɹəˌtɐː/

waratah noun: any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.

waratah: any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia
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Noun

waratah (plural waratahs)

  1. Any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.
    • There are many legends concerning the waratah--Australia's most glorious flower and all her own, for it does not occur in any other part of the world, while its supposed rival, the wattle, is as common in all parts of the Southern Hemisphere as it is in Australia.1925, C. W. Peck, Australian Legends: Tales Handed Down from the Remotest Times by the Autocthonous Inhabitants of Our Land
    • Acacias in blossom in the distance […]; leafy stipple of light and shade on the leaves, vivid flowers and bitter little fruits, and the waratah, like a blackfellow's firestick, red as a glowing coal.1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics, published 2013, page 156
  2. A Y-shaped steel fencing post or stake.
    • At intervals of half a chain along each cable, 6 ft waratah Y section standards are driven at an angle into the bank to within a few inches of ground level, and the cables secured to them with No. 8 gauge galvanised wire.1968, Albert Robert Acheson, River Control and Drainage in New Zealand: And Some Comparisons with Overseas Practices, page 65

Proper noun capitalized: Waratah

Waratah

  1. A suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A small town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.

waratah meaning in Tamil

waratah in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of waratah

pluralwaratahs

Origin of waratah

Borrowed from Dharug warada.

Words formed from waratah

Questions about waratah

What does waratah mean?
Waratah means any of several species of plants in the genus Telopea, native to southeastern Australia.
What is waratah in Tamil?
Waratah in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Waratah meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is waratah?
Waratah can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce waratah?
Waratah is pronounced /ˈwɔɹəˌtɐː/ (Australia).
What is the plural of waratah?
The plural of waratah is waratahs.

Words near waratah in the dictionary

  1. Waranga
  2. Waranga Shores
  3. Warangal
  4. warangalone
  5. Warao
  6. waratah
  7. Waratah Bay
  8. Waratah West
  9. Waratah-Wynyard
  10. waratahs
  11. Warau

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