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catalpa
[ kuh-tal-puh ]
noun
- any of several trees constituting the genus Catalpa, of the bignonia family, especially C. speciosa, of the central U.S., or C. bignonioides, of the southern U.S., having opposite, sometimes whorled leaves, clusters of white flowers, and long, beanlike seed pods.
catalpa
/ °ìəˈ³Ùæ±ô±èÉ™ /
noun
- any bignoniaceous tree of the genus Catalpa of North America and Asia, having large leaves, bell-shaped whitish flowers, and long slender pods
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of catalpa1
1720–30, Americanism; (< New Latin ) < Creek °ì²¹³Ù²¹Å‚±è²¹, equivalent to ka-, combining form of ¾±°ìá head + ³Ù²¹Å‚±è²¹ wing (apparently so called from the shape of the flower)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of catalpa1
C18: New Latin, from Carolina Creek kutuhlpa, literally: winged head, referring to the appearance of the flowers
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He made a glider by stretching a catalpa leaf across two sticks, attached it to his back, and climbed to the top of his birch.
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Sycamore and catalpa are among the few fall-ripening seeds that don’t need stratification.
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Nearby, beneath towering sycamore, catalpa and linden trees, a family sat down to supper at a picnic table.
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The natural world provides a cast of characters: the catalpa tree, which had giant leaves she often wanted to hide her shy face behind.
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The catalpa bears the scars of some surgery, and leans a little; my dad leaned a little in later life.
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