Definition of "wilga" [wilga]

• An Australian tree of the rue family, Geijera parviflora, yielding a hard wood having an agreeable odor. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A lone wilga tree stood nearby; Father Ralph indicated it with his cigarette."
• "He got down from his horse, tied the animal securely to a tree and sat beneath a wilga to wait it out."
• "Nearby was a big stand of trees, stringybark and iron-bark and black box, an occasional wilga on its outskirts."