Definitions

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  • noun The Australian wattle Acacia cambagei.

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  • noun scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms

Etymologies

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From Aboriginal gijir.

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Examples

  • Brigalow vegetation is found to the east, and gidgee (A. cambagei) woodlands or shrublands are scattered across the region on alluvium or other more fertile clay soils.

    Eastern Australia mulga shrublands 2008

  • Interdune areas may also include gidgee (Acacia geoginea) or coolibah woodlands on drainage lines.

    Simpson desert 2008

  • In the southeast of the region lateritic scarps and surfaces area associated with areas of gidgee and brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) woodlands separated by Mitchell grasses.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • Large tracts of Mitchell Grass pasture grazed by sheep and cattle separate scattered Acacia woodlands, usually dominated by gidgee (Acacia cambagei).

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • The habitat types within these reserves range from eucalypt woodland, chenopod shrubland, bluebush, lancewood, gidgee, and grasslands to Acacia woodlands.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • Brigalow is replaced by gidgee (Acacia cambadgei) in drier areas, generally becoming dominant in the west of the region.

    Brigalow tropical savanna 2007

  • Although the region is not subject to intensive land use, there are serious concerns about high rates of land clearance in the Desert Uplands and gidgee communities in southeastern part of the Mitchell Grass Downs.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • When Canadian Bill is firing with the sun-dried gidgee logs,

    Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses 1902

  • Eight months after the 25kg stone was found nestled under a gidgee tree on a Queensland property 70km south of Cunnamulla, it can finally rest in peace.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Eight months after the 25kg stone was found nestled under a gidgee tree on a Queensland property 70km south of Cunnamulla, it can finally rest in peace.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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