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catkin
[ kat-kin ]
noun
- a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.
catkin
/ ˈ°ìæ³Ù°ìɪ²Ô /
noun
- an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc Also calledament
catkin
/ °ìă³Ù′°ìÄ²Ô /
- A long, thin, indeterminate inflorescence of tiny, petalless flowers growing on willows, birches, oaks, poplars, and certain other trees. The flowers on a catkin are either all male or all female. The female flowers are usually pollinated by the wind.
- Also called ament
- See illustration at inflorescence
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦²¹³Ù·°ì¾±²Ô·²¹³Ù±ð [kat, -k, uh, -neyt], adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of catkin1
Example Sentences
At this time of year, stretches of warmer days coax open a cascade of willows’ fuzzy catkins, putting another Salix strength on display.
As numbers begin to fall and oak catkins gather in gutters, daily levels have so far remained high to very high.
Male flowers are yellowish and hang down as catkins.
In addition to the yellowish film from the pollen, you might notice their long catkins — small flowering pollen production machines — gathering when they drift off the trees and settle about the landscape.
Many woody trees and shrubs have beautiful emerging leaves and catkins, like Japanese maple, birch, twig dogwood, various willows and even the humble alder.
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