Definition von catalpa im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
Any tree of the genus Catalpa, the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance
The common name for a genus of trees, Catalpa, family Bignoniaceae. The two North Americian species, southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and northern catalpa. Catalpa speciosa, along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata from China are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though many regard the bean pods as a nuisance, and consequently class them as a trash species
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C
Any of 11 species of trees in the genus Catalpa (family Bignoniaceae), native to eastern Asia, eastern North America, and the West Indies. Catalpas have large, attractive leaves and showy white, yellowish, or purplish flowers. The catalpa fruit is a long cylindrical pod bearing numerous seeds with white tufts of hair at each end. The common catalpa, C. bignonioides, yields a durable timber and is one of the most widely planted ornamental species
tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods
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Etymologie
[ k&-'tal-p&, -'tol- ] (noun.) circa 1730. From the Catawba word catawba. Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name as -lpa rather than -wba.