Wattle
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Wattle may refer to:
- Plants
- Wattle, common name for trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, especially in Australia and South Africa.
- Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia, as well as the unrelated Callicoma.
- Golden wattle, species of acacia which embodies the Australian country.
- Sunshine wattle, species of acacia which grows in southeastern Australia.
- Animals
- Wattle bagworm, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
- Wattlebird, member of the Honeyeater family, native to Australia
- Wattle-eye, family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa
- Three-wattled Bellbird, migratory bird native to Central America and South America
- People
- Bob Wattles, American politician (Florida)
- Gurdon Wattles, Hollywood financier
- James Wattles, Illinois frontier judge
- John O. Wattles, Ohio utopian pioneer
- Nathaniel Wattles (d. 1798), American politician (New York)
- Sluman Wattles, American politician (New York)
- Stan Wattles (b. 1961), racecar driver
- Steven Wattles, Union Army Colonel (of 1st Indian Home Guard)
- Wallace Wattles (1860-1911), American author
- Places
- Wattle Cove, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Dam Gold Mine, gold mine near Kambalda, Western Australia
- Wattle Downs, Auckland, New Zealand
- Wattle Glen, Victoria, Australia
- Wattle Grove, New South Wales, suburb of Sydney
- Wattle Grove, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
- Wattle Hill, New South Wales, suburb of Leeton
- Wattle Park, Melbourne, park known for its plantation of wattle trees
- Wattle Park, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide
- Wattle Range Council, local government area in South Australia
- Wattles House, house in Omaha, Nebraska, owned by Gurdon Wattles
- Wattles Mansion, house in Hollywood, California, owned by Gurdon Wattles
- Other
- Wattle (anatomy), fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals.
- Wattle (dermatology), another term for Congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck
- Wattle (construction), woven strips of wood forming panels used for fencing or for walling.
- Wattle (construction), long flexible netted tube of straw or excelsior fiber used for sediment control on hillside and ditches.
- Wattle-and-daub, building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
- Croatian wattle, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
- Wattle Day, Australian celebration of the first day of spring
- Steam tug Wattle, vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia