catkin

English

catkins

catkins

Etymology

From 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)

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

Synonyms

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
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)

Korean: 버들 강아지 (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: kommel f, kommer f

Anagrams

antick, natick

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