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CATALPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catalpa mean? 

CATALPA (noun)
  The noun CATALPA has 1 sense:

1. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender podsplay

  Familiarity information: CATALPA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATALPA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

catalpa; Indian bean

Hypernyms ("catalpa" is a kind of...):

bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catalpa"):

Catalpa bignioides (catalpa tree of southern United States)

Catalpa speciosa (catalpa tree of central United States)

Holonyms ("catalpa" is a member of...):

genus Catalpa (a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods)


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