wattleseed

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noun

The edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.

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Meanings

nounwattleseed (countable and uncountable, plural wattleseeds)

plural wattleseeds

  1. countableuncountableThe edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.

    For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have relied on wattleseed.

    2007 November 4, Merrill Stubbs, “The New Staples”, in New York Times

Origin

From wattle + seed.

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APA

wattleseed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattleseed

MLA

“wattleseed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattleseed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wattleseed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wattleseed.

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