"catkin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: catkins [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”), equivalent to cat + -kin. So named due to the resemblance of lengthier kinds to a kitten's tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures). Cognate with German Kätzchen, modern Dutch katje. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|katteken||catkin|lit=little cat}} Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”), {{suffix|en|cat|kin|id2=diminutive}} cat + -kin, {{cog|de|Kätzchen}} German Kätzchen, {{cog|nl|katje}} Dutch katje Head templates: {{en-noun}} catkin (plural catkins)
  1. (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar. Wikipedia link: catkin Categories (topical): Botany, Plant anatomy Synonyms: ament, amentum Derived forms: catkinlike Coordinate_terms: raceme, spike Translations (botany: a type of inflorescence): gath (Albanian), gerba (Basque), bisig [masculine] (Breton), реса (resa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ament (Catalan), 柔荑花序 (róutíhuāxù) (Chinese Mandarin), jehněda [feminine] (Czech), rakle [common-gender] (Danish), gæsling [common-gender] (Danish), katje [neuter] (Dutch), йолва (jolva) (Eastern Mari), алга (alga) (Eastern Mari), amento (Esperanto), urb (Estonian), norkko (Finnish), pajunkissa (Finnish), urpu (Finnish), chaton (French), iule (French), amento [masculine] (Galician), candea [feminine] (Galician), Kätzchen [neuter] (German), ανθήλη (anthíli) [feminine] (Greek), ίουλος (íoulos) [masculine] (Greek), barka (Hungarian), rekill [masculine] (Icelandic), urpa (Ingrian), caitín [masculine] (Irish), gattino [masculine] (Italian), amento [masculine] (Italian), ӈә’лӈә’л (Itelmen), 尾状花序 (bijō-kajo) (Japanese), 버들강아지 (beodeulgang'aji) (Korean), iulus [masculine] (Latin), реса (resa) [feminine] (Macedonian), huahae (Maori), rakle [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gåsunge (english: willow) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rakle [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gåsunge (english: willow) [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kotka [feminine] (Polish), bazia [feminine] (Polish), amento [masculine] (Portuguese), amentilho [masculine] (Portuguese), ament [masculine] (Romanian), mâțișor [masculine] (Romanian), серёжка (serjóžka) [feminine] (Russian), clòimh-chat [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cluigean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), mačica [feminine] (Slovene), amento [masculine] (Spanish), hänge [neuter] (Swedish), laylaybulak (Tagalog), анай-хаак (anay-xaak) (english: willow) (Tuvan), мочурга (moçurga) (english: poplar) (Tuvan), гуры (gury) (Udmurt), сережка (serežka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), котик (kotyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), богсьок (bohsʹok) [Bukovina, masculine] (Ukrainian), maänt (Volapük), ялава (jalava) (Western Mari)
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          "word": "amento"
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "chaton"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "iule"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gattino"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "amento"
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "尾状花序"
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "버들강아지"
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "huahae"
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "word": "rakle"
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      "code": "nb",
      "english": "willow",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gåsunge"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nn",
      "english": "willow",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kotka"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bazia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "amento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amentilho"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ament"
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      "word": "mâțișor"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "serjóžka",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "серёжка"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "clòimh-chat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cluigean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mačica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "amento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hänge"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "laylaybulak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "english": "willow",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "anay-xaak",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "анай-хаак"
    },
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      "code": "tyv",
      "english": "poplar",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "moçurga",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "мочурга"
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      "code": "udm",
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      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "гуры"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serežka",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
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      "word": "сережка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kotyk",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "котик"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bohsʹok",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "богсьок"
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "botany: a type of inflorescence",
      "word": "maänt"
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  "word": "catkin"
}

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