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n. - Tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes; Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes.

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  • I bought one the flower called the waratah while I was there and should have bought two or three of the other designs.
  • The waratah is of a brilliant red colour, growing single and stately on a high stalk.
  • An introduction to an Australian home -- Off to a picnic -- The wattle, the gum, the waratah -- The joys of the forest.
  • IT has been the state's floral emblem since 1962 but, with the stroke of an artist's pen, Nathan Rees has replaced the waratah with the national flower of India.
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