wattle

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The logo depicted a red tulip and a golden wattle - the national flowers of Australia and Afghanistan - entwined around a cricket ball.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

In comparison, carbon-capture plantations are usually monocultures and are dominated globally by just five tree species -- teak, mahogany, cedar, silk oak, and black wattle -- that are grown for timber, pulp, or agroforestry.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

The seasonal link between, say, a wattle flowering and the arrival of fish species is breaking down.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

The queen’s death on Sept. 8 came in the Southern Hemisphere spring when wattle blooms, its golden flowers and green leaves reflecting Australia’s national colors in what has become a symbol of unity.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

It is a warm winter day, as warm as a spring day in England, and around the fort, men are outside, working on everything from repairing wattle and daub walls to shucking corn.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone