catalpa

See also: Catalpa

English

southern catalpa (), in flower

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈtælpə/

Noun

catalpa (plural catalpas)

1. Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

Derived terms

• catalpic
• Chinese catalpa ()
• Haitian catalpa ()
• hardy catalpa ()
• Manchurian catalpa ()
• northern catalpa ()
• southern catalpa ()
• umbrella catalpa
• western catalpa ()
• yellow catalpa ()

Translations

any tree of the genus Catalpa

• Hungarian: szivarfa (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: catalpa f
• Russian: катальпа (ru) f (katalʹpa)

References

• catalpa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “catalpa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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French

Noun

catalpa f (plural catalpas)

1. catalpa

Further reading

• “catalpa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtal.pa/
• Rhymes: -alpa
• Hyphenation: ca‧tàl‧pa

Noun

catalpa f (plural catalpe)

1. catalpa

Anagrams

• placata