— catkinate /kat"keuh nayt'/ , adj.
/kat"kin/ , n. Bot.
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch. Also called ament .
[ 1570-80; katteken little cat (now obs.). See CAT 1 , -KIN ]
— catkinate /kat"keuh nayt'/ , adj.
/kat"kin/ , n. Bot.
a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch. Also called ament .
[ 1570-80; katteken little cat (now obs.). See CAT 1 , -KIN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012