Acacia colletioides

Acacia colletioides
Wait-a-while Wait"-a-while`, n. (a) One of the Australian wattle trees ({Acacia colletioides}), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. (b) same as {Wait-a-bit}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • Wait-a-while — n. (a) One of the Australian wattle trees ({Acacia colletioides}), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes. (b) same as {Wait a bit}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wait-a-while — /ˈweɪt ə waɪl/ (say wayt uh wuyl) noun 1. any of various plants bearing thorns or prickly appendages, especially Acacia colletioides, of the drier regions of southern Australia. 2. → lawyer vine. {transferred use of wait a bit or wait a while,… …  

  • wait-awhile — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) 1. : an Australian wattle tree (Acacia colletioides) that makes an impenetrable thicket 2. : wait a bit …   Useful english dictionary

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