ALL meanings of catkin
cat·kin
C c - countable noun catkin A catkin is a long, thin, soft flower that hangs on some trees, for example birch trees and hazel trees. 3
- noun catkin an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc 3
- noun catkin a drooping, deciduous, scaly spike of unisexual flowers without petals, as on poplars, walnuts, and birches; ament 3
- noun catkin A flowering spike of trees such as willow and hazel. Catkins are typically downy, pendulous, composed of flowers of a single sex, and wind -pollinated. 1
- noun catkin willow, poplar: long petalless flowers 1
- noun catkin a spike of unisexual, apetalous flowers having scaly, usually deciduous bracts, as of a willow or birch. 1
- noun catkin (botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar. 0