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wattle

noun
🔊/ˈwɒtl/
🔊/ˈwɑːtl/
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  1. [uncountable] sticks woven together as a material for making fences, walls, etc.编条结构（用于编筑篱笆、围墙等）
    • walls made of wattle and daub泥笆墙
  2. [countable] a piece of red skin that hangs down from the throat of a bird such as a turkey（火鸡等禽类喉部的）红色肉垂Topics Birdsc2
  3. [countable, uncountable] (especially Australian English) a name for various types of acacia tree 金合欢树
    4. Word Originsense 1 Old English watul, of unknown origin.sense 2 early 16th cent.: of unknown origin.