亚洲网紅露点

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catkin

[ kat-kin ]

noun

Botany.
  1. a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch.


catkin

/ 藞办忙迟办瑟苍 /

noun

  1. an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc Also calledament
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

catkin

  1. A long, thin, indeterminate inflorescence of tiny, petalless flowers growing on willows, birches, oaks, poplars, and certain other trees. The flowers on a catkin are either all male or all female. The female flowers are usually pollinated by the wind.
  2. Also called ament
  3. See illustration at inflorescence
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠补迟路办颈苍路补迟别 [kat, -k, uh, -neyt], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of catkin1

First recorded in 1570鈥80, catkin is from the Dutch word katteken little cat (now obsolete). See cat, -kin
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of catkin1

C16: from obsolete Dutch katteken kitten, identical in meaning with French chaton, German 碍盲迟锄肠丑别苍
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Example Sentences

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At this time of year, stretches of warmer days coax open a cascade of willows鈥 fuzzy catkins, putting another Salix strength on display.

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As numbers begin to fall and oak catkins gather in gutters, daily levels have so far remained high to very high.

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Male flowers are yellowish and hang down as catkins.

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In addition to the yellowish film from the pollen, you might notice their long catkins 鈥 small flowering pollen production machines 鈥 gathering when they drift off the trees and settle about the landscape.

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Many woody trees and shrubs have beautiful emerging leaves and catkins, like Japanese maple, birch, twig dogwood, various willows and even the humble alder.

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