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Wattle vs Hemp - What's the difference?

wattle | hemp |

As nouns the difference between wattle and hemp

is that wattle is a construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof while hemp is a tall annual herb, cannabis sativa , native to asia.

As a verb wattle

is to construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.

wattle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
  • * Tennyson
  • And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore.
  • A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
  • A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
  • A barbel of a fish.
  • A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
  • Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
  • Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia , or their bark, used in tanning.
  • Derived terms

    * wattle and daub

    Coordinate terms

    * (skin on head of birds) caruncle, comb, cockscomb, crest, snood

    Verb

    (wattl)
  • To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
  • English terms with homophones

    hemp

    English

    (wikipedia hemp)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa , native to Asia.
  • Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
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