Catalpa

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See also: catalpa

Translingual

Etymology

A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name. Sometimes alternatively said to derive from a Creek word like katałpa.

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Proper noun

Catalpa f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bignoniaceae – the catawbas, flowering trees of warm temperate climates.

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