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• Wattle — may refer to:*Wattle (anatomy), a fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals, including humans *Wattle and daub, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud *Croatian wattle, decorative pattern… …   Wikipedia

• wattle — Ⅰ. wattle [1] ► NOUN 1) a material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches. 2) an Australian acacia with long pliant branches and cream, yellow, or golden flowers. ORIGIN Old English. Ⅱ.… …   English terms dictionary

• Wattle Park, South Australia — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Wattle Park city = Adelaide state = sa caption = lga = City of Burnside postcode = 5066 pop = 1,830 (2006 Census) [Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC42806 | name = Wattle Park (State Suburb) | quick = on |… …   Wikipedia

• wattle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wattel, from Old English watel; akin to Old High German wadal bandage Date: before 12th century 1. a. a fabrication of poles interwoven with slender branches, withes, or reeds and used especially formerly in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Wattle (anatomy) — A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.Birds with wattles include: *From the neck or throat ** Birds of the family Casuarius: the Northern,… …   Wikipedia

• wattle — wat|tle [ˈwɔtl US ˈwa:tl] n [: Old English; Origin: watel] 1.) [U] a frame made from sticks woven together ▪ a wattle fence ▪ walls made of wattle and daub (=this frame covered with clay) 2.) the red flesh that grows on the head or neck of some… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wattle — wat|tle [ watl ] noun uncount 1. ) a substance used for making walls, consisting of large sticks with small branches between them 2. ) a piece of skin that hangs from the head or neck of some birds wattle and daub a substance used in the past for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wattle — wattle1 [ wɒt(ə)l] noun 1》 a material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches. 2》 an Australian acacia with long pliant branches and cream, yellow, or golden flowers. [Acacia pycnatha (golden …   English new terms dictionary

• wattle — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a interlaced rods and split rods as a material for making fences, walls, etc. b (in sing. or pl.) rods and twigs for this use. 2 an Australian acacia with long pliant branches, with bark used in tanning and golden flowers used as… …   Useful english dictionary

• wattle — noun (U) 1 a material used for making fences consisting of small sticks on a frame of rods 2 wattle and daub a mixture of this material and mud or clay used in the past to make the walls of houses 3 a piece of red flesh that grows from the head… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English