paulownia
See also: Paulownia
English
Etymology
New Latin, from German Paulowna, transliterating Russian Павловна (Pavlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.
Noun
paulownia (plural paulownias)
- Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
- 1997 Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 62)
- “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”
- 1997 Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 62)
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