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‖ catalpa Bot.|kəˈtælpə|
[From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered C. bignonioides in 1726.]
A genus of trees (family Bignoniaceæ), natives of N. America, W. Indies, Japan and China, having large simple leaves, and terminal panicles of trumpet-shaped flowers. Two species, known also as Indian Bean, and St. Domingo or French Oak, are cultivated in England. Also attrib.
1731–48Catesby Nat. Hist. Florida (1754) I. 49 The Catalpa Tree. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xxii. 317 The Catalpa is a large tree with leaves remarkably simple and heart shaped. 1856Bryant Winds i, Before you the catalpa's blossoms flew. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 174 The large white blossoms of a catalpa tree..just under my window. |