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wattle1 n 1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a frame of rods or stakes interwoven with twigs, branches, etc., esp when used to make fences 2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the material used in such a construction 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a loose fold of skin, often brightly coloured, hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds, lizards, etc. 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various chiefly Australian acacia trees having spikes of small brightly coloured flowers and flexible branches, which were used by early settlers for making fences See also golden wattle 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a southern African caesalpinaceous tree, Peltophorum africanum, with yellow flowers vb (tr) 1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to construct from wattle 2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to bind or frame with wattle 3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to weave or twist (branches, twigs, etc.) into a frame adj (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) made of, formed by, or covered with wattle [Old English watol; related to wethel wrap, Old High German wadal, German Wedel] wattled adj wattle2 adj
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