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black wattle

noun

  1. a tree, Acacia mearnsii, native to Australia and Tasmania, having bark used in tanning.


black wattle

noun

  1. a small Australian acacia tree, A. mearnsii , with yellow flowers
  2. a tall Australian shrub, Callicoma serratifolia


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He then planted the seeds of the black wattle, which grew so well that it was only a question of developing the industry.

The manch is another tree also common to the two colonies; so is the black-wattle.

The quality of them was known in the settlement, where a similar timber was called the Black Wattle.

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