CATKIN


Meaning of CATKIN in English

— 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 ]

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