Catalpa
- noun
- /ˈkætəlpə/
- Specialized
:
catalpa
- Catalpa worms on catalpa tree leaves.
Examples
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Are catalpa worms bad for the trees?
Blog text (30) -
Then he thought of his sister, who appeared on the porch with her white dress foaming like a spray of catalpa blossom.
Fiction book (1999) -
Under the catalpa, Judith piles handfuls of silverware into a blue bowl.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's still warm enough for a barbecue, though red dogwood, pin oak, and maple leaves have been drifting down all afternoon, and the catalpa in the back corner of the yard is already bare.
Fiction book (1994) -
The catalpa tree in our backyard blooms with beautiful white flowers every spring.
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In the summer, the long seed pods of the catalpa give the tree a unique appearance.
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The landscape was stunning, with a catalpa tree standing majestically beside the pond.
Compounds
- Specialized
A tree with large heart-shaped leaves and showy white flowers often planted for shade
- Specialized
A large tree from the central United States with big heart-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Catalpa comes from a Native American name for the tree that early botanists recorded in eastern North America. So English kept that local name, and Catalpa still means the showy tree with large flowers and long, thin seed pods.
