Wattle
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Wattle has several meanings:
- Wattle-and-daub refers to a technique of using flexible sticks, branches, or twigs (collectively, the wattle) woven together and packed with mud or similar to make fences, walls, and roofs.
- Wattle (construction) is a form of erosion control typically used to reduce sediment in runoff. A wattle is often constructed of natural plant materials such as hay bales, or plant material grubbed from a construction site and arranged in piles on a downflow slope.
- Wattle (anatomy) is a fleshy growth hanging from the neck or throat of some birds.
- Wattle is the Australian common name of Acacia, e.g., Cootamundra wattle.
- Black Wattle is the common name of the unrelated plant Callicoma serratifolia.
- Steam tug Wattle is a vessel no longer in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Wattle is a rubbery liquid material extracted from the barks of trees in Mufindi, Tanzania.