catkin


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catkin/ˈkatkɪn/
noun a downy, hanging, wind-pollinated flowering spike of trees such as willow and hazel.
– origin C16: from obs. Du. katteken ‘kitten’.
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