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Definitions of catkin
  1. noun
    a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence

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  • scale a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
  • poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
  • sallow any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
  • alnus vulgaris medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
  • amentaceous (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins
  • willow family two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
  • paper mulberry shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries
  • fragrant sumac sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
  • european black alder medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
  • rhus aromatica sweet-scented sumac of eastern America having ternate leaves and yellowish-green flowers in spikes resembling catkins followed by red hairy fruits
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