wait-a-bit

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Noun

1. 1
   One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives: Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
2. 2
   One of numerous acacias and mimosas and relatives: Biancaea decapetala (syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn)
3. 3
   Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa: Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn)
4. 4
   Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa: The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).
5. 5
   Any of certain plants with sharp hooked thorns found in southern and eastern Africa: Asparagus spp. of South Africa (Asparagus capensis, Asparagus suaveolens, Asparagus burchellii, Asparagus mariae, Asparagus flavicaulis, Asparagus spinescens)
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   Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America: The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).
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   Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America: The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia).
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   Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America: Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).
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   Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America: Mimosa aculeaticarpa (catclaw mimosa, wait-a-minute bush), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
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    Certain thorny shrubs and trees of North America: Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.