wait-a-whilen.

Brit.

/ˈweɪtəwʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈweɪdəˌ(h)waɪl/

1. South African. = wait-a-bit n. a.

ΚΠ

1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vii. 239 The Kaffirs throw in the most virulent ‘wait-a-while’ thorn branches into these pits, to prevent the oxen from trampling.

2. In Australia, any of several plants with prickles or spiny leaves, esp. Acacia colletioides.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]

acacia1542

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camel-thorn1824

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silver wattle1832

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wait-a-while1889

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stay-a-while1898

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jam-tree1934

whistling thorn1949

blackthorn1966

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 306 Acacia colletioides..‘Wait-a-while’ (a delicate allusion to the predicament of a traveller desirous of penetrating a belt of it).

1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill 86 Clumps of prickly wait-a-while gave back the light from millions of small shiny leaves.

1967 Southerly 27 199 Weeds flourished, wait-a-whiles, bull-burrs, wild blackberries, Bathurst burrs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wait-a-while
释义	wait-a-whilen. Brit. /ˈweɪtəwʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈweɪdəˌ(h)waɪl/ 1. South African. = wait-a-bit n. a. ΚΠ 1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting vii. 239 The Kaffirs throw in the most virulent ‘wait-a-while’ thorn branches into these pits, to prevent the oxen from trampling. 2. In Australia, any of several plants with prickles or spiny leaves, esp. Acacia colletioides. 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 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 306 Acacia colletioides..‘Wait-a-while’ (a delicate allusion to the predicament of a traveller desirous of penetrating a belt of it). 1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill 86 Clumps of prickly wait-a-while gave back the light from millions of small shiny leaves. 1967 Southerly 27 199 Weeds flourished, wait-a-whiles, bull-burrs, wild blackberries, Bathurst burrs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1863
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