catkin

English

catkins

catkins

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”), equivalent to cat +‎ -kin. So named due to the resemblence of lengthier kinds to a kitten’s tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures, respectively). Cognate with German Kätzchen, modern Dutch katje.

Noun

catkin (plural catkins)

1. (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

Synonyms

• ament
• amentum

Coordinate terms

• raceme
• spike

Translations

botany: a type of inflorescence

• Breton: bisig (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柔荑花序 (zh) (róutíhuāxù)

• Czech: jehněda (cs) f
• Danish: rakle (da) c, gæsling (da) c
• Dutch: katje (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: norkko (fi), pajunkissa (fi)
• French: chaton (fr), iule (fr)
• Galician: amento m, candea (gl) f
• German: Kätzchen (de) n
• Greek: ανθήλη (el) f (anthíli), ίουλος (el) m (íoulos)
• Hungarian: barka (hu)
• Icelandic: rekill (is) m
• Irish: caitín m
• Italian: gattino (it) m, amento (it) m
• Japanese: 尾状花序 (bijō-kajo)
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• Korean: 버들강아지 (beodeulgang'aji) (beodeul-gangAji)
• Latin: iulus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rakle m, (willow) gåsunge m

  Nynorsk: rakle m, (willow) gåsunge m

• Polish: kotka (pl) f, bazia (pl) f
• Portuguese: amento m, amentilho m
• Romanian: ament (ro) m, mâțișor (ro) m
• Russian: серёжка (ru) f (serjóžka)
• Scottish Gaelic: clòimh-chat m, cluigean m
• Spanish: amento (es) m
• Swedish: hänge (sv) n
• Tagalog: laylaybulak
• Volapük: maänt
• Westrobothnian: ,

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