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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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13 words match “CATKIN”

CATKIN n.
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
AMENT n.
A species of inflorescence; a catkin. The globular ament of a buttonwood. Coues.
AMENTIFEROUS a.
Bearing catkins. Balfour.
AMENTIFORM a.
Shaped like a catkin.
CAT-TAIL n.
top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
GOSLING n.
A catkin on nut trees and pines. Bailey.
HOP n.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
JULIFORM a.
Having the shape or appearance of a julus or catkin.
JULUS n.
A catkin or ament. See Ament.
NUCAMENT n.
A catkin or ament; the flower cluster of the hazel, pine, willow, and the like.
OAK n.
Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United Sta…
PUSSY n. 2 definitions
A catkin of the pussy willow.
TAIL n.
terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin. Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees. Harvey.