golden wattle
Americannoun
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a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
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any similar acacia, especially A. longifolia, of Australia and Tasmania.
noun
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an Australian yellow-flowered leguminous plant, Acacia pycnantha, that yields a useful gum and bark
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any of several similar and related plants, esp Acacia longifolia of Australia
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The golden wattle, Australia's national floral emblem, is also represented.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
The logo depicted a red tulip and a golden wattle - the national flowers of Australia and Afghanistan - entwined around a cricket ball.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025
Both sides of it were lined with thick bushes of golden wattle that shut out all view on either hand.
From The Lost Valley by Walsh, James Morgan
Such are Acacia pycnantha, golden wattle, A. decurrens, tan wattle, and A. dealbata, silver wattle.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
His horse's feet brushed through the delicate asplenium, the Venus'-hair of Australia; the sarsaparilla still hung in scant purple tufts on the golden wattle, and the scarlet correa lurked among the broken quartz.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry
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