Catkin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A usually dense, cylindrical, often drooping cluster of unisexual apetalous flowers found in willows, birches, and oaks. Also called ament1.
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  • n. A type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a scaly spike of unisexual flowers, usually deciduous after flowering or fruiting, as in the willow and birch; an ament. Also called cattail.
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  • n. a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inflorescence   
    Variant
    ament   
    Synonym
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    ament   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anteaters    fucus    ant-eater    britches    situa    browner    pantsuit    bryony    enclose    withes   
     
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