wattle

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wattle1 /ˈwɒt(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 wattle, Australia's national emblem) and related species.]

▶verb make, enclose, or fill up with wattle.

– origin OE watul, of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wattle2 /ˈwɒt(ə)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.