Meaning Of The Word Catkin

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What's The Definition Of Catkin?

catkin
countable noun: A catkin is a long, thin, soft flower that hangs on some trees, for example birch trees and hazel trees.

catkin in American English
a drooping, deciduous, scaly spike of unisexual flowers without petals, as on poplars, walnuts, and birches; ament
noun: a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch

catkin in British English
noun: an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc

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