savanna wattle

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savanna wattle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.
     sabana, F. savane.]
     A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
     usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or
     reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
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           Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
                                                    --Dampier.
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     Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several
        climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
  
     Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus  sandwichensis
         or Passerculus savanna) of which several
        varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the
        Eastern United States.
  
     Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of
        the genus Citharexylum.
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