catkinlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

catkin +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

catkinlike (comparative more catkinlike, superlative most catkinlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a catkin.
    • 2009, Armen Takhtajan, Flowering plants, page xvii:
      Such are, for example, the catkinlike inflorescences of Betulaceae, which are so similar to aments of Salix.