catkin
noun/ˈkætkɪn/
/ˈkætkɪn/
- a long thin hanging bunch, or short standing group, of soft flowers on the branches of trees such as the willowWord Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete Dutch katteken ‘kitten’.
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