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Catkin
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Catkin
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an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc
. Also called: amentCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Catkin
see synonyms of catkin noun
a drooping, deciduous, scaly spike of unisexual flowers without petals, as on poplars, walnuts, and birches; ament
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Catkin
see synonyms of catkinn.
A dense, cylindrical, often drooping cluster of unisexual apetalous flowers found especially in willows, birches, and oaks. Also called ament.
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