Catkin Definition

kătkĭn
catkins
noun
catkins
A drooping, deciduous, scaly spike of unisexual flowers without petals, as on poplars, walnuts, and birches; ament.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Catkin

Noun

Singular:
catkin
Plural:
catkins

Origin of Catkin

  • From obsolete Dutch katteken kitten diminutive of katte cat (from its resemblance to a kitten's tail) from Germanic kattuz

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”), equivalent to cat +‎ -kin. Compare German Kätzchen.

    From Wiktionary

Catkin Sentence Examples

  • The catkin falls off in a mass, separating from the branch by an articulation.

  • The male flowers are in small clusters on the usually slender and pendent stalk, forming an interrupted catkin; the stamens vary in number, usually six to twelve.

  • In the catkin shown in longitudinal section in fig.

  • The catkin falls off entire, separating from the branch by an articulation.

  • Female flowers arranged, two to three together on scale-like structures formed by the union of bracts, in catkins; ovary two-celled; fruit small, flattened, protected between the ripened scales of the catkin.

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