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wattleseed

wattleseed noun: the edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.

Noun

wattleseed (countable and uncountable, plural wattleseeds)

  1. The edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.
    • For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have relied on wattleseed.2007 November 4, Merrill Stubbs, “The New Staples”, in New York Times

Forms of wattleseed

pluralwattleseeds

Origin of wattleseed

From wattle + seed.

Questions about wattleseed

What does wattleseed mean?
Wattleseed means the edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.
What part of speech is wattleseed?
Wattleseed is a noun.
What is the plural of wattleseed?
The plural of wattleseed is wattleseeds.

Words near wattleseed in the dictionary

  1. wattled jacanas
  2. wattled ploughbill
  3. wattled ploughbills
  4. wattleless
  5. wattles
  6. wattleseed
  7. wattleseeds
  8. wattless
  9. wattlessness
  10. wattlework
  11. wattling

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