wodgil

English

Etymology

Perhaps from an Indigenous language of Western Australia. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑd͡ʒɪl/, /-əl/

Noun

wodgil (plural wodgils)

1. The plant Acacia neurophylla, a shrub or tree endemic to southwestern Australia.
   • 1921, Gordon Taylor, The Agricultural Bank and Industries Assistance Board, Or, Government Loans to Farmers in Western Australia, page 62:

     The cheerless sight, sometimes met, of land once cleared and ploughed, now overgrown by the stunted wodgil, pointed a moral. This type of country had been easier to clear than forest country. Settlers had been encouraged to settle […]

2. A poor, acidic soil, upon which shrubby vegetation dominated by acacia grows.
   • 1987, Western Australia. Department of Agriculture, Annual Report:

     The soils are generally the more acid, such as the wodgils of the eastern wheatbelt and the deeper sands of coastal regions.

Derived terms

• wodgil poison, wodjil poison

References

• Macquarie Dictionary