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catalpa

ca·talpa

UK/kəˈtælpə/ US/kəˈtælpə/ uncommon

noun

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

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* A variant of catawba that originated when Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, the describing botanist, incorrectly transcribed the name. * Sometimes alternatively said to derive from Creek kvtvrpv.

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