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Acacia dealbata

Acacia dealbata

9.6
A tree that stays green with silvery bark and bright yellow flower clusters
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Acacia dealbata
  • Many florists use branches of Acacia dealbata in their arrangements for its bright, fragrant flowers.

Examples

  • The Acacia dealbata adds a splash of golden color to gardens each spring.

  • Botanists studied the unique bark texture of Acacia dealbata specimens in the region.

  • Look at the Acacia dealbata!

  • The Acacia dealbata is beautiful.

  • Many florists use branches of Acacia dealbata in their arrangements for its bright, fragrant flowers.

  • The Acacia dealbata adds a splash of golden color to gardens each spring.

  • Botanists studied the unique bark texture of Acacia dealbata specimens in the region.

Synonyms

silver wattle
vsAcacia dealbata
  • Australian
8.2

An evergreen tree with pale shiny bark and yellow flowers

uses the common everyday name rather than the Latin form

Surface Forms

Acacia dealbata singular
Acacia dealbatas plural

Morphology

Acacia + dealbata

This is a scientific binomial: 'Acacia' is clearly a plant genus so a learner who knows the constituents could infer this names a type of Acacia (i.e. a plant). However 'dealbata' is a Latin species epithet (not listed in the dictionary) and the specific descriptive sense ('silver wattle', silvery bark and yellow flowers) is specialized and not directly predictable from everyday English knowledge, so the meaning is only partly inferable.

Etymology

Acacia dealbata gets its name from older words: Acacia was a Greek name for thorn trees and dealbata comes from Latin meaning 'whitewashed'. That 'whitewashed' idea matches the tree's pale young leaves and silvery bark, which is why people call it the 'silver wattle'.