bendee

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Probably from a Queensland Aboriginal language.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛndiː/

Noun

bendee (plural bendees)

1. Acacia catenulata, a species of acacia tree endemic to some arid areas in Queensland and the Northern Territory, Australia. [from 19th c.]
   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 47:

     On the flank of the rise the African buffel grass gave way to bare patches of red gravel between thin strands of sandalwood and bendee, spiky tussocks of purple wiregrass and buck spinifex.

Anagrams

• bedeen