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silver wattle

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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. [from 19th c.]
    • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 160:
      Dogs were heard howling and there was a rustle in the silver wattle.
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