old man saltbushn.
/ˌəʊl(d) ˌman ˈsɔːltbʊʃ/, /ˌəʊl(d) ˌman ˈsɒltbʊʃ/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˌmæn ˈsɔltˌbʊʃ/, /ˌoʊl(d) ˌmæn ˈsɑltˌbʊʃ/, Australian English /ˌoʊl(d) ˌmæn ˌsɔːltbʊʃ/, /ˌoʊl(d) ˌmæn ˌsɔltbʊʃ/ Australian.
Either of two Australian shrubs of the family Chenopodiaceae, Atriplex nummularia, used as fodder for sheep in dry areas, and (occasionally) Rhagodia parabolica.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > trees or shrubs used for fodder
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1866 Kyneton (Austral.) Observer 24 Mar. (Suppl.) The Old Man Salt-bush abounds up the river, and reaches a height of twelve feet or more. The leaf is very salt. The wood is remarkably tough, and the branches scraggy.
1880 Jrnl. & Proc. Royal Soc. New S. Wales 14 140 The order in which the salt-bushes proper are considered to stand from a grazier's point of view are 1st, A. numularia [sic], or old man salt-bush.
1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 16 He disappeared in the timber and old-man salt-bush.
1907 F. Turner Anderson's Man. Farm 132 Round-leaved or Old Man Salt-Bush (Atriplex nummularia)..bears a great resemblance to the true ‘Old Man Salt-Bush’ (Rhagodia parabolica).
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 14 June 25/1 Old-man saltbush is a rapid grower and gives more fodder in drought-time than any other tree.
1954 B. Miles Stars my Blanket x. 58 A great valley, the floor..thickly covered with Old Man Saltbush.
1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 3 Dec. 39/2 Wintong..is described by agents as having excellent salt bush,..and scattered old man saltbush swamps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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