wattle

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In comparison, carbon-capture plantations are usually monocultures and are dominated globally by just five tree species -- teak, mahogany, cedar, silk oak, and black wattle -- that are grown for timber, pulp, or agroforestry.

From Science Daily • Oct. 3, 2023

The seasonal link between, say, a wattle flowering and the arrival of fish species is breaking down.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

Other species making use of color for courtship include the fan-throated lizard, with a wattle of iridescent blue and orange, and the Siamese fighting fish, its tail bristling with blood-orange finnage.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020

Over time, they expanded the city with landfill and planted crops on floating gardens called chinampas, plots of arable soil created from wattle and sediment.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2017

His friendly old face was as red as a turkey gobbler’s wattle.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls