catkin
n. 柔荑花序 [医] ì荑花序
发音
US
词形变化
catkins
复数
catkins
释义与例句
n.
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A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
柔荑花序
生物 植物学
词汇关系
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词源
From Middle Dutch katteken (“catkin”, literally “little cat”). So named due to the resemblance of lengthier kinds to a kitten's tail, or, perhaps more probably, the fine fur found on some catkins (compare the pictures). Cognate with German Kätzchen, modern Dutch katje; compare French chaton (“kitten”; “catkin”). By surface analysis, cat + -kin.
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