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waratah|ˈwɔːrətɑː|
Also war-ra-taw, warrataw, warratah.
[Native Australian name.]
1. A name for Australian shrubs of the genus Telopea (N.O. Proteaceæ), esp. T. speciosissima and T. oreades, which bear crimson or scarlet flowers in terminal clusters; also, the flower.
1793J. E. Smith Bot. New Holland 19 (Morris) The most magnificent plant which the prolific soil of New Holland affords is, by common consent both of Europeans and natives, the Waratàh. 1801P. G. King Let. Sir J. Banks 25 Aug. in Hist. Rec. N.S.W. (1896) IV. 514, I have also sent..a box of waratahs. 1802D. Collins Acc. N.S. Wales II. 66 Ben-nil-long assisted at the ceremony, placing the head of the corpse, by which he stuck a beautiful war-ra-taw. 1830Hobart Town Almanack 66 That magnificent shrub called Warrataw or tulip tree and its beautiful scarlet flowers. 1885‘Wanderer’ Beauteous Terrorist etc. 62 And the waratahs in state, With..their flamy blood-red crowns.
2. A variety of the camellia. In full waratah camellia.
1824Loudon Encycl. Gard. §6613 Camellia..double white waratah. 1866Treas. Bot. II. 207/2 The anemone-flowered or Waratah Camellia. |