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1. (n.) catkin
a spike of unisexual flowers with scaly bracts and no petals, as on the willow or birch.
Etymology: (1570–80; < D katteken little cat (now obs.))
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1. (noun) catkin, ament
a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
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1. (noun) catkin
an ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament
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