cylindrical catkin

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• Catkin — A catkin or ament is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster, with inconspicuous or no petals, usually wind pollinated (anemophilous) but sometimes insect pollinated (as in Salix ). They contain many, usually unisexual flowers, arranged closely along… …   Wikipedia

• catkin — cat·kin || kætkɪn n. long cylindrical cluster of small flowers without petals (found in willows, birches, and oaks, also called ament) …   English contemporary dictionary

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• Coco de mer — Sea coconut redirects here. Sea coconut may also refer to the fruit of the Asian palmyra palmtaxobox name = Coco de mer image caption = Coco de mer with fruit status = VU status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms… …   Wikipedia

• Coco de Mer — Sea coconut redirects here. For the fruit eaten as a snack, see Borassus flabellifer. Coco de Mer Coco de Mer with fruit Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of botanical terms — Many of the terms used in Wikipedia glossaries (often most) are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself. However, lists like the following indicate where new articles need to be written and are also useful for looking up and… …   Wikipedia

• ament — n. someone with deficient intellectual development; half wit, imbecile; catkin, long cylindrical cluster of blossoms cat·kin || kætkɪn n. long cylindrical cluster of small flowers without petals (found in willows, birches, and oaks, also… …   English contemporary dictionary

• bulrush — cattail cat tail, Cat tail Cat tail(k[a^]t t[=a]l), n. (Bot.) A tall erect rush or flag ({Typha latifolia}) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cat-tail — cattail cat tail, Cat tail Cat tail(k[a^]t t[=a]l), n. (Bot.) A tall erect rush or flag ({Typha latifolia}) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cattail — cat tail, Cat tail Cat tail(k[a^]t t[=a]l), n. (Bot.) A tall erect rush or flag ({Typha latifolia}) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• glaucous willow — Pussy Pussy, n. [Dim. of puss.] 1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl. [1913 Webster] 2. A catkin of the pussy willow. [1913 Webster] 3. The game of tipcat; also called {pussy cat}. [1913 Webster] {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English