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Catalpa
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catalpa
Translingual
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Etymology
A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name.
Sometimes alternatively said to derive from a Creek word like katałpa.
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Proper noun
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genus family Bignoniaceae catawbas, flowering trees of warm temperate climates
Hypernyms
genus ; Catalpeae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus Catalpa sect. Catalpa section (Catalpa bignonioides species, Catalpa bungei species, Catalpa duclouxii species, Catalpa fargesii species, Catalpa ovata species, Catalpa speciosa species, Catalpa tibetica species); Catalpa × erubescens nothospecies nothospecies, Catalpa sect. Macrocatalpa section (Catalpa brevipes species, Catalpa longissima species, Catalpa macrocarpa species, Catalpa purpurea species) sections (species)
Catalpa bignonioides species (southern catalpa), Catalpa bungei species (Manchurian catalpa), Catalpa longissima species (Haitian catalpa), Catalpa ovata species (Chinese catalpa), Catalpa ovata species (yellow catalpa), Catalpa speciosa species (northern catalpa) selected species
Coordinate terms
genus in Catalpeae Chilopsis genus (desert willow)
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