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wait-a-bit¹

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From Afrikaans wag-'n-bietjie.

noun wait-a-bits

  1. South Africa Senegalia brevispica (wait-a-bit acacia)
  2. South Africa Biancaea decapetala (syn. Caesalpinia decapetala, Mauritius thorn, Mysore thorn)
  3. Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn, Cape thorn)
  4. The grapple plant (Uncarina leptocarpa).
  5. Asparagus spp. of South Africa (Asparagus capensis, Asparagus suaveolens, Asparagus burchellii, Asparagus mariae, Asparagus flavicaulis, Asparagus spinescens)

wait-a-bit²

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From the delay caused by the recurved thorns.

noun wait-a-bits

  1. The common prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum).
  2. The greenbrier (Smilax spp., esp. Smilax rotundifolia).
  3. Any of various species of hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli, etc.).
  4. Mimosa aculeaticarpa (catclaw mimosa, wait-a-minute bush), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.
  5. Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia), of southwestern US and northern Mexico.

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@misc{wait_a_bit_2026,
  title = {wait-a-bit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wait-a-bit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}