wattle1 ['w?t(?)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 wattle, Australia's national emblem) and related species.]
¦ verb make, enclose, or fill up with wattle.
Origin
OE watul, of unknown origin.
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wattle2 ['w?t(?)l]
¦ noun a coloured fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of the turkey and some other birds.
Derivatives
wattled adjective
Origin
C16: of unknown origin.