Wattle

Not to be confused with Waddle.

Wattle or wattles may refer to:

Plants

• Acacia sensu lato, polyphyletic genus of plants commonly known as wattle, especially in Australian English
  • Acacia
    • Black wattle, common name for several species of acacia
    • Golden wattle, Acacia pycnantha, species of acacia which is the official floral emblem of Australia
    • Sunshine wattle, Acacia terminalis, species of acacia which grows in southeastern Australia
    • Corkwood wattle, Acacia oshanesii
    • Corkybark wattle, Acacia sericophylla
  • Vachellia
    • Corkwood wattle, Vachellia bidwillii or Vachellia sutherlandii
    • Corkybark wattle, Vachellia suberosa
  • Senegalia
    • Climbing wattle, Senegalia pennata
• Callicoma, also known as black wattle, although unrelated to the acacia species

Other uses

• Steam Tug Wattle, vessel formerly in commercial service in Victoria Harbour, Melbourne, Australia
• Wallace Wattles (1860–1911), American New Thought writer, author
• Wattle (anatomy), fleshy growth hanging from the head or neck of certain animals.
• Wattle (construction), woven strips of wood forming panels used for fencing or for walling
  • Wattle and daub, a building technique using woven wooden supports packed with clay or mud
• Wattle (dermatology), another term for congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck
• Wattle, official name assigned to the star WASP-19

See also

• Croatian wattle, decorative pattern found in medieval Croatian art
• Waddle (disambiguation)
• Wattle bagworm, caterpillar native to Southern Africa
• Wattle Day, Australian celebration of the first day of spring
• Wattlebird, member of the honeyeater family, native to Australia
• Wattle-eye, family of small insect-eating birds native to Africa