| 单词 | whistling thorn |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhistling thorn whistling thorn n. a small prickly tree, Acacia drepanolobium or A. zanzibarica, found in East Africa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun] acacia1542 babul1696 marblewood1753 black wattle1802 popinac1809 wattlec1810 wattle-treec1810 giraffe tree1815 haakdoring1822 hookthorn1822 kameeldoorn1822 camel-thorn1824 catechu-tree1829 silver wattle1832 blackthorn1833 thorny acacia1834 boobyalla1835 seyal1844 mulga1848 thorn-wood1850 hackthorn1857 mimosa1857 poison tree1857 Port Jackson1857 talha1857 golden wattle1859 whitethorn acacia1860 buffalo thorn1866 nelia1867 siris1874 cassie1876 couba1878 needlebush1884 sallow wattle1884 sally1884 giddea1885 prickly Moses1887 yarran1888 opopanax tree1889 wait-a-while1889 fever tree1893 giraffe acacia1896 stay-a-while1898 brigalow1901 wirra1904 cootamundra1909 Sydney golden wattle1909 witchetty bush1911 rooikrans1917 jam-tree1934 whistling thorn1949 blackthorn1966 1949 R. O. Williams Useful & Ornamental Plants in Zanzibar 102 Acacia zanzibarica..Coast Whistling Thorn. A thorny tree..bearing balls of bright yellow flowers. 1966 C. A. W. Guggisberg S.O.S. Rhino iii. 53 The rapid spread of the whistling thorn over vast areas..is probably a result of the reduction..of this animal! 1976 K. Thackeray Crownbird i. 9 The cab was full of whistling thorn, and swarming with red ants. < as lemmas |
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