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catkin

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6 lettersPart of speech nounSorted acikntStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence

Word origin

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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