WordNet
n. Australian tree that yields tanning materials [syn: Acacia auriculiformis]
Wikipedia
Black wattle is the common name for a number of species of trees that are native to Australia, as listed below:
- Acacia aulacocarpa
- Acacia auriculiformis, also known as Darwin black wattle or northern black wattle;
- Acacia concurrens
- Acacia crassicarpa
- Acacia decurrens, also known as early black wattle
- Acacia hakeoides, also known as western black wattle
- Acacia implexa
- Acacia leiocalyx, also known as early-flowering black wattle
- Acacia mabellae
- Acacia mangium
- Acacia mearnsii, also known as late black wattle and the species of tree that is known to be, commercially, the most important tannin producer in Southern Africa
- Acacia melanoxylon, a 'timber' tree that is commonly known as Australian blackwood
- Acacia neriifolia
- Acacia plectocarpa
- Acacia salicina
- Acacia stenophylla
It may also refer to Callicoma serratifolia, a tall shrub or tree which also occurs/is found in Australia.
Usage examples of "black wattle".
With Moses at his side he walked through the stand of scraggly black wattle into the open veld beyond, out of sight of the road.
We were growing a great deal of black wattle, but my father and uncle are convinced that after the war the motor car will completely supersede the horse, and therefore there will be a drastic reduction in the need for leather harness, and consequently the demand for wattle tanningWhat a great shame that the horse should have to give way to those noisy, stinking contraptions of the devil, the comte sighed, but they are right, of course.