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(n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. - so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Catkin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/catkin.html. 1828.
 
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