A cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of
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a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
n.
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a
slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as
in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the
chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a
cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
Catkin
An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of
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