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nouna cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
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Definition that contains catkin
- 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