- [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
- [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 - [countable, uncountable] (especially Australian English)
a name for various types of acacia tree 金合欢树
Word Originsense 1 Old English watul, of unknown origin.sense 2 early 16th cent.: of unknown origin.