In Australia, 1 September is named " national wattle day" , which is intended by Australia government to remind its people of the importance of preserving national floral resources.
Having travelled about three miles, we came to a long kind of building, made of timber stuck in the ground, and wattled across; the roof was low and covered with straw.
One notable difference was the houses. Norman village houses were made using a wooden frame covered in " wattle and daub, " which is straw mixed with mud and dung to make a rudimentary cement.
一个显着的区别房屋。 诺曼村的房子用木框架建造的,上面覆盖着“wattle and daub” ,这一种将稻草与泥土和粪便混合在一起制成的基本水泥。
The male turkeys puff themselves up to look big and they show off all those colorful features they have like that red wattle on their head and all those striped feathers on their tail.