gidgee

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɪd͡ʒi/ Rhymes: -ɪdʒi === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Wiradjuri gijir. ==== Alternative forms ==== gidgea, gidyea ==== Noun ==== gidgee (plural gidgees) (Australia) Any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei. [from 19th c.] 1997, Alexis Wright, Plains of Promise, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 186: Although he lay with some sense of security beneath a gidgee tree, his father's totem, he was brooding about how he could get rid of the pigeons. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Nyunga gidji. ==== Alternative forms ==== gidgie ==== Noun ==== gidgee (plural gidgees) (Western Australia) A type of long spear. [from 19th c.]