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Definition of Gidgee
1. Noun. Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
Group relationships: Genus Acacia
Generic synonyms: Wattle
Definition of Gidgee
1. Noun. an Australian wattle, ''Acacia cambagei'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gidgee
1. gidjee [n -S] - See also: gidjee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gidgee
Literary usage of Gidgee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1901)
"It would appear, however, in the lield that the " gidgee " and ... for the Wattle
known over a large tract of the interior of New South Wales as " gidgee. ..."
2. The Forage Plants of Australia by Frederick Turner (1891)
"Curley Tarren " or " gidgee." Flora Austr., Vol. II, p. 383. A SMALL but graceful
tree with glabrous or hoary foliage. ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... or gidgee, adj. aboriginal word of New South Wales and Queensland for (i) a
... or gidgee (with other spellings in New 1889. JH Maiden, ' Useful Native ..."
4. The Aborigines of Victoria: With Notes Relating to the Habits of the Natives by Robert Brough Smyth (1878)
"... would quibble gidgee, or spear me by stealth when I was asleep, and he urged
me to have one of the soldiers of my escort to sleep in my tent for ..."
5. Outback in Australia: Or, Three Australian Overlanders; Being an Account of by Kilroy Harris (1913)
"... gidgee "), but otherwise there are no edible bushes. Strange as it may appear,
the camels would not touch the rich hay-like Mitchell and Flinders grass, ..."
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