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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: catalpa
catalpa
n : tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white
flowers followed by long slender pods [syn:
Indian bean]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Catalpa
Catalpa
\Ca*tal"pa\, n. [From the language of the Indians of
Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year
1726.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best
known species are the
Catalpa bignonioides, a large,
ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers
and long cylindrical pods, and the
Catalpa speciosa, of the
Mississipi valley; -- called also
Indian bean.
[1913 Webster]