catkin

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catkins

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

catkin (plural catkins)

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

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Translations edit

botany: a type of inflorescence

Albanian: gath
Basque: gerba
Breton: bisig (br) m
Bulgarian: реса (bg) f (resa)
Catalan: ament
Chinese:
Mandarin: 柔荑花序 (zh) (róutíhuāxù)
Czech: jehněda (cs) f
Danish: rakle (da) c, gæsling (da) c
Dutch: katje (nl) n
Esperanto: amento
Estonian: urb
Finnish: norkko (fi), pajunkissa (fi), urpu (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
Ingrian: urpa
Irish: caitín m
Italian: gattino (it) m, amento (it) m
Itelmen: ӈә’лӈә’л
Japanese: 尾状花序 (bijō-kajo)
Korean: 버들강아지 (beodeulgang'aji)
Latin: iulus m
Macedonian: реса f (resa)
Maori: huahae
Mari:
Eastern Mari: йолва (jolva), алга (alga)

Western Mari: ялава (jalava)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rakle m, (willow) gåsunge m

Nynorsk: rakle m, (willow) gåsunge m
Polish: kotka (pl) f, bazia (pl) f
Portuguese: amento (pt) m, amentilho m
Romanian: ament (ro) m, mâțișor (ro) m
Russian: серёжка (ru) f (serjóžka)
Scottish Gaelic: clòimh-chat m, cluigean m
Slovene: mačica f
Spanish: amento (es) m
Swedish: hänge (sv) n
Tagalog: laylaybulak
Tuvan: анай-хаак (anay-xaak) (willow), мочурга (moçurga) (poplar)
Udmurt: гуры (gury)
Ukrainian: сережка f (serežka), котик m (kotyk), богсьок m (bohsʹok) (Bukovina)
Volapük: maänt

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