English Explanatory Dictionary

bidgee-widgee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small prostrate, rosaceous, perennial plant, Acaena novae-zelandiae, native to New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea; now an invasive weed in Britain and western Europe.

Word forms

bidgee-widgee bidgee-widgees

Etymology

Alteration of New Zealand English biddi-biddi, Anglicisation of Māori piripiri.

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