Word
Catkin
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
cat-kin
Definition
- 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.
- noun - A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
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