wattle

1. n. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. Source: opted

2. n. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. Source: opted

3. n. A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. Source: opted

4. n. Barbel of a fish. Source: opted

5. n. The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark. Source: opted

6. n. The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna. Source: opted

7. v. t. To bind with twigs. Source: opted

8. v. t. To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches. Source: opted

9. v. t. To form, by interweaving or platting twigs. Source: opted

10. n. a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards Source: wordnet

11. n. framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence Source: wordnet

12. n. any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle Source: wordnet

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