catalpa

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ca=tal=pa

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)