wattleseed

English

Etymology

From wattle +‎ seed.

Noun

wattleseed (countable and uncountable, plural wattleseeds)

  1. The edible seeds of various Australian plants, traditionally eaten by the Australian Aborigines.
    • 2007 November 4, Merrill Stubbs, “The New Staples”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      For thousands of years, Australian Aborigines have relied on wattleseed.
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