caterpillar tree

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Definition of caterpillar tree in English English dictionary

Catalpa bignonioides; the Southern catalpa tree, a deciduous tree of family Bignoniaceae growing in Southeastern U.S., which is the host plant for the catawba worms, caterpillars that are popular fishing bait

A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater

Hyphenation

cat·er·pil·lar Tree

Turkish pronunciation

kätıpîlır tri

Pronunciation

/ˈkatəˌpələr ˈtrē/ /ˈkætəˌpɪlɜr ˈtriː/