yarran

/ ˈjærən /

noun

1. a small hardy tree, Acacia homalophylla, of inland Australia: useful as fodder and for firewood

Word History and Origins

Origin of yarran¹

from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

“In general, you would expect your yields to be lower,” said Lorraine Brewer, owner of vineyard and winery Yarran Wines.

From Reuters

With that disregard for orthography in proper names which prevailed some three hundred years since, they are indifferently designated as Yarran, Yarranton, and Yarrington.

From Project Gutenberg

Cast a glance as you hurry onwards on the Oenothera pumila, a kind of evening primrose, on the false Hellebore—the one-sided Pyrola, the Bladder Campion—silene inflata, the sweet-scented yellow Mellilot, the white Yarran, the Prunella with blue labrate flowers the Yellow Rattle, so called from the rattling of the seeds.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't believe there was a stick of it within miles; but there was a clump of yarran where it should have been.

From Project Gutenberg

A stately beefwood, sixty feet high, with swarthy column furrowed a hand-breadth deep, and heavy tufts of foliage like bundles of long leeks in colour and configuration—the first beefwood I had seen since leaving the homestead—stood close to the water, making a fine landmark; but Dan's sense of proportion had selected the adjacent bit of yarran; and—as I told the breakfast-party—he had never concerned himself to know the difference between yarran and mallee.

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