different between wattle vs mimosa

English

Etymology

From Middle English wattel, watel, from Old English watel, watul (“hurdle”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to turn, wind, bend”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?t?l/
• (US) enPR: wät??l, IPA^(key): /?w?t?l/, [?w?.?l?]
• Rhymes: -?t?l
• Homophone: what'll (in some accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

wattle (countable and uncountable, plural wattles)

1. A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Holy Grail

     And there he built with wattles from the marsh / A little lonely church in days of yore.

2. A single twig or rod laid on a roof to support the thatch.
3. A wrinkled fold of skin, sometimes brightly coloured, hanging from the neck of birds (such as chicken and turkey) and some lizards.
4. A barbel of a fish.
5. A decorative fleshy appendage on the neck of a goat.
6. Loose hanging skin in the neck of a person.
7. Any of several Australian trees and shrubs of the genus Acacia, or their bark, used in tanning.

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

wattle (third-person singular simple present wattles, present participle wattling, simple past and past participle wattled)

1. (transitive) To construct a wattle, or make a construction of wattles.
2. (transitive) To bind with wattles or twigs.

Further reading

• wattle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From New Latin mimosa, from Latin mimus (“mime”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??m??.s?/, /m??m??.z?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??mo?.s?/
• Rhymes: -??s?, -??z?

Noun

mimosa (plural mimosas or mimosae)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Mimosa usually found in tropical climates, their leaves are usually prickly and sensitive to touch or light, and have small white or pink flowers.
2. Albizia species (silk tree, pink siris).
3. Acacia species.
4. A cocktail consisting of half champagne and half orange juice.

Translations

See also

• mimosa salad
• mimophant

Anagrams

• Maoism

Finnish

Noun

mimosa

1. Misspelling of mimoosa.

Usage notes

• Mimosa is used as Finnish female given name.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.mo.za/

Noun

mimosa m (plural mimosas)

1. mimosa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?mo.za/

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimose)

1. mimosa (plant and tree)

Anagrams

• sommai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?m?.z?/
• Hyphenation: mi?mo?sa

Noun

mimosa f (plural mimosas)

1. (botany) mimosa (any plant belonging to the genus Mimosa)
2. mandarin (fruit)
3. tangerine (variety of the mandarin orange)

Synonyms

• (mandarin): tangerina (widespread form) plus several regional synonyms in Brazil:
  • bergamota, vergamota, (South Brazil)
  • laranja-cravo (Northeast Brazil)
  • laranja-mimosa, mandarina, mexerica (Center-West and Southeast Brazil)
  • poncã (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, South Brazil)
  • tanja (Maranhão, Piauí)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?mosa/, [mi?mo.sa]

Adjective

mimosa

1. feminine singular of mimoso