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Acacia pycnantha

Acacia pycnantha

8.9
A small Australian tree with clusters of bright yellow fragrant flowers often grown in gardens
  • noun
  • Australian
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  • Many gardens feature Acacia pycnantha for its bright and fragrant yellow blossoms.

Examples

  • The Acacia pycnantha is celebrated as Australia's national floral emblem.

  • The Acacia pycnantha blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Botanists studied the growth patterns of Acacia pycnantha in different soil types.

  • Many gardeners choose Acacia pycnantha for its vibrant flowers.

  • Many gardens feature Acacia pycnantha for its bright and fragrant yellow blossoms.

  • The Acacia pycnantha is celebrated as Australia's national floral emblem.

  • The Acacia pycnantha blooms beautifully in spring.

Synonyms

golden wattle
vsAcacia pycnantha
  • Australian
8.0

A small Australian tree with bright yellow, fragrant flowers often grown in gardens

is the formal scientific name used in botany for the same shrub

Surface Forms

Acacia pycnantha singular
Acacia pycnanthas plural

Morphology

Acacia + pycnantha

This is a Latin binomial: 'Acacia' signals a genus of plants but the specific epithet 'pycnantha' is a non-English, dictionary-unlisted form and does not transparently convey 'golden wattle' to a B1 learner. Botanical species names are specialized and not compositional in everyday English, so knowing the parts would not allow a typical learner to infer the MWE's common meaning.

Etymology

Acacia pycnantha gets its name from old Greek words: Acacia meant 'thorny plant' and pycnantha meant 'many flowers' because the tree grows tight clusters of bright yellow blooms. So imagine a thorny tree covered in bunches of gold; that picture shows why the name suits the golden wattle.