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catalpa
CIDE DICTIONARY
catalpa, n. [From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year 1726.].
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best known species are the Catalpa bignonioides , a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the Catalpa speciosa , of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catalpa, n. any tree of the genus Catalpa, with heart-shaped leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers, and long pods.
Etymology
Amer. Ind. (Creek)
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