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catalpa definition

☆ ca·talpa (kə tal′pə)

noun

any of a genus (Catalpa) of hardy American and Asiatic trees of the bignonia family, with large, heart-shaped leaves, showy clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers, and slender beanlike pods

Etymology: ModL < Creek katálpa ? < ka-, combining form of iká, head + tálpa, wing: ? so called from the shape of the flowers

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