catkin
Kelime Anlamı :

1. soğüt ağacının çiçeği.
2. huş ağacı çiçeği.
3. söğüt çiçeği.
4. çiçek.
5. tirtil.
6. tırtıl.
Tanımlar :
1. A usually dense, cylindrical, often drooping cluster of unisexual apetalous flowers found in willows, birches, and oaks. also called ament1.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. A type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. 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.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.