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catalpa

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun catalpa has 1 sense

catalpa(n = noun.plant) indian bean - tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods; Array

is a member of genus catalpa

has particulars: catalpa bignioides, catalpa speciosa

is a kind of bean tree

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CIDE DICTIONARY

catalpa, n. [From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year 1726.].

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best known species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the Catalpa speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

catalpa, n. any tree of the genus Catalpa, with heart-shaped leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers, and long pods.

Etymology

Amer. Ind. (Creek)

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