any of a number of plants having sharp or hooked thorns
Origin of wait-a-bit
translated, translation of Afrikaans wacht-en-beetje: so named for their clinging thornswait-a-bit
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wait-a-bit
noun
Any of several plants having sharp, often hooked thorns that can become caught in clothing, such as a thorny African acacia or a catbrier. Also called wait-a-minute .
Origin of wait-a-bit
Translation of Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjieTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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- From Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.
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