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# catkin

«catkin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, thin, soft hanging cluster of tiny flowers on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (catkin, catkins)

### meaning for a pupil

A long, thin, soft hanging cluster of tiny flowers on trees such as willow, hazel and birch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons in spring, children find catkins on hazel and willow trees; they spread pollen on the wind. Pussy willow catkins are soft and furry like a cat's paw.

### examples

- The hazel tree is covered in yellow catkins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x1)
- Catkins release pollen in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x2)
- Pussy willow catkins feel soft and furry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x3)
- We collected catkins on our spring walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x4)
- Catkins are a sign that spring is coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x5)
- Birch catkins hang like little tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/#x6)

### note

Countable. Catkins are flowers, though they do not look like usual flowers. They can cause hay fever because of the pollen.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «catkin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catkin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.