Sentence:  Acacias in blossom in the distance […]; leafy stipple of light and shade on the leaves, vivid flowers and bitter little fruits, and the <WSD>waratah</WSD>, like a blackfellow's firestick, red as a glowing coal. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any of several species of plants in the genus (noshow=1), native to southeastern Australia.