Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
catalpa
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
See also: Catalpa
English
Etymology
- A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name.
- Sometimes alternatively said to derive from Creek kvtvrpv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈtælpə/, /kəˈtɒlpə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
catalpa (plural catalpas)
- Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Remove ads
Catalan
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
Noun
catalpa f (plural catalpes)
Further reading
- “catalpa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Noun
catalpa f (plural catalpas)
Further reading
- “catalpa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
catalpa f (plural catalpe)
Anagrams
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads