What is "wait-a-while"

Wait-a-while \Wait"-a-while`\, n.

1. One of the Australian wattle trees ( Acacia colletioides), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes.

2. same as Wait-a-bit.

Wait-a-while may refer to:

• Acacia cuspidifolia, a plant that occurs in Western Australia
• Acacia colletioides, a plant that occurs in Western Australia
• Smilax australis, a vine that occurs in eastern Australia and the Northern Territory
• Calamus australis, a climbing vine-like palm
• Calamus muelleri, a climbing vine-like palm