jam-tree

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæmtriː/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒamtriː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæmˌtri/

Noun

jam-tree (plural jam-trees)

1. (Australia) Acacia acuminata, a flowering tree species from Australia.

   Synonyms: jamwood, jam wattle, raspberry wattle

   • 1911, Emu - Austral Ornithology, volume 10, number 4, →DOI, page 299:

     Althought this species of Shrike-Thrush is very common in this district, I have so far only seen one other nest, and that was about 10 feet from the ground, built in the fork of a jam-tree, and contained two fresh eggs on the 21st October 1907.

   • 2001, John Kinsella, From "The Avon River Poems", volume 179, →JSTOR, section 1, pages 80-83:

     Dance meeting of the stilt-legged birds, aquatic slurring, in the blue-green algae slough of a bright curing, black curve of ibis beak, harrowing concentrated water and solubles, as one line passes over teal, river gum, composition of swamp-oak and jam-tree, farmhouse on the edge of, run-off orienteering: sacred kingfisher brightening up, or shot and kept quiet, pacific black duck, regionally cosmopol.

See also

• Acacia acuminata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acacia acuminata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies