Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia colletioides), so called from the impenetrability of the thicket which it makes.
  • noun same as wait-a-bit.

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Examples

  • The most famous is the aptly named wait-a-while, a climbing palm whose thorny tendrils impede your progress, unless you are willing to let it tear your clothes and flesh.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • "Now we've done it," he said ruefully, looking down at the swirling torrent, "It's a case of 'wait-a-while' after all."

    We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

  • However, best bring secateurs in case a single tree falls, bringing down with it a whole of host of rainforest vines and wait-a-while from the canopy.

    MTBGuru.com 2010

  • From there the trail continues a pleasant climb thru rainforest (watch for wait-a-while vines) to Black Mountain Road.

    MTBGuru.com 2010

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  • It's a wattle. Tree, that is.

    January 9, 2013