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1. (n.) catalpa
any of several trees of the genus Catalpa, of the bignonia family, native to North America and E Asia, having white flower clusters and long, beanlike seed pods.
Etymology: (1720–30, Amer.; (< NL) < Creek katałpa <iká head +tałpa wing)
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1. (noun) catalpa, Indian bean
tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
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1. (noun) catalpa
a genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean
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