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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•tal•pa /kəˈtælpə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -pas. - Plant Biologya tree from North America and E Asia, having white flower clusters and long, beanlike seed pods.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•tal•pa (kə tal′pə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several trees constituting the genus Catalpa, of the bignonia family, esp. C. speciosa, of the central U.S., or C. bignonioides, of the southern U.S., having opposite, sometimes whorled leaves, clusters of white flowers, and long, beanlike seed pods. Also called Indian bean.
- Creek katałpa, equivalent. to ka-, combining form of iká head + tałpa wing (apparently so called from the shape of the flower)
- Neo-Latin)
- (1720–30, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: catalpa /kəˈtælpə/ n - any bignoniaceous tree of the genus Catalpa of North America and Asia, having large leaves, bell-shaped whitish flowers, and long slender pods
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, from Carolina Creek kutuhlpa, literally: winged head, referring to the appearance of the flowers |