Catalpa

[kə'tælpə]

Definition

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

Inputed by Hilary--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

Editor: Stu

Definition

n. a genus of hardy trees native to the United States and Japan marked by a low habit profuse blossoms and long cigar-like pendent pods.—The common Catalpa known also as the Bean-tree Catawba Indian bean and Cigar-tree yields a durable wood; as also the western Catalpa or Shawnee wood.

Typist: Robbie