waratah
World English Dictionary
waratah (ˌwɒrəˈtɑː, ˈwɒrətɑː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (Austral) a proteaceous shrub, Telopea speciosissima, the floral emblem of New South Wales, having dark green leaves and large clusters of crimson flowers | |
| [from a native Australian language] | |
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| waratah | |
noun | |
| 1. | straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes |
| 2. | tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes |
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Waratah
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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