jam-tree
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈdʒæmtriː/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
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/ˈdʒamtriː/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈdʒæmˌtri/
Pronunciation notes
- US
Noun
Acacia acuminata, a flowering tree species from Australia.
Usage- Australia
- Synonyms
- Related words
- Acacia acuminata
- Examples
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More examples (2)
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.
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.
Word forms
jam-trees