Wattle or wattles may refer to:
Plants
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Acacia sensu lato'', polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia and South Africa
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Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'', large genus of shrubs and trees, native to Australasia
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Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia
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Golden wattle
''Acacia pycnantha'', most commonly known as the golden wattle, is a tree of the family Fabaceae native to southeastern Australia. It grows to a height of and has phyllodes (flattened leaf stalks) instead of true leaves. Sickle-shaped, these ...
, ''Acacia pycnantha'', species of acacia which is the official floral emblem of Australia
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Sunshine wattle, ''Acacia terminalis'', species of acacia which grows in southeastern Australia
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Callicoma'', also known as black wattle, although unrelated to the acacia species
Other uses
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Steam Tug ''Wattle'', vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia
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Wallace Wattles
Wallace Delois Wattles (; 1860 – 7 February 1911) was an American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements.
Wattles' bes ...
(1860–1911), American New Thought writer, author
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Wattle (anatomy), fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals.
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Wattle (construction), woven strips of wood forming panels used for fencing or for walling
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Wattle and daub
Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung a ...
, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
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Wattle (dermatology)
Wattle or wattles may refer to:
Plants
*''Acacia sensu lato'', polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australia and South Africa
**''Acacia'', large genus of shrubs and trees, native to Australasia
**Black wattle, c ...
, another term for congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck
See also
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Croatian wattle
The Croatian interlace or Croatian wattle, known as the or in Croatian, is a type of interlace, most characteristic for its three-ribbon pattern. It is one of the most often used patterns of pre-romanesque Croatian art. It is found on and with ...
, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
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Waddle (disambiguation)
Waddle may refer to:
* Waddle, Pennsylvania, United States
* Waddle (surname) Waddle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alan Waddle (born 1954), English footballer
* Bryan Waddle (21st century), New Zealand broadcaster
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Wattle bagworm
The wattle bagworm (''Kotochalia junodi'', formerly ''Acanthopsyche junodi'') is a species of moth in the family Psychidae. In southern Africa it is a pest of the black wattle ('' Acacia mearnsii'') which is grown largely as a source of vegetab ...
, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
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Wattle Day
Wattle Day is a day of celebration in Australia on the first day of September each year, which is the official start of the Australian spring. This is the time when many ''Acacia'' species (commonly called wattles in Australia), are in flower. So, ...
, Australian celebration of the first day of spring
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Wattlebird, member of the honeyeater family, native to Australia
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Wattle-eye, family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa
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