Definition of Black wattle

1. Noun. Australian tree that yields tanning materials.

Exact synonyms: Acacia Auriculiformis
Group relationships: Genus Acacia
Generic synonyms: Wattle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Wattle

black tinamous
black tongue
black tree fern
black triangle
black truffle
black turnstone
black up
black urine
black vomit
black vulture
black vultures
black walnut
black walnut tree
black wattle (current term)
black weevil
black whale
black widow
black widow spider
black widow spider venom
black widows
black willow
black woodpecker
black woodpeckers
blackamoor
blackamoors
blackamore
blackaviced
blackavised

Literary usage of Black wattle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Druggist (1890)
"The two varieties most cultivated in those colonies are the black wattle and the ... The black wattle ( Acacia decurrens) produces the larger amount of ..."

2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"45 White wheat, in a cask of Huron pine, hooped with black wattle (Acacia ... 46 White wheat, in a cask mode of black wood, with hoops of black wattle. ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"132 : "black wattle . . . indication of good soil . . . produce gum." "Few, indeed, of the native Australian flowers emit any perfume except the golden and ..."

4. American Druggist (1890)
"The two varieties most cultivated in those colonies are the black wattle and the ... The black wattle ( Acacia decurrens) produces the larger amount of ..."

5. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"45 White wheat, in a cask of Huron pine, hooped with black wattle (Acacia ... 46 White wheat, in a cask mode of black wood, with hoops of black wattle. ..."

6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"132 : "black wattle . . . indication of good soil . . . produce gum." "Few, indeed, of the native Australian flowers emit any perfume except the golden and ..."

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