catkinate

• Adjetivo arcaico que significa semelhante a um amento (tipo de inflorescência). Não é mais usado no inglês moderno.

An obsolete adjective meaning resembling a catkin (a type of flower cluster). It is no longer used in modern English.

1. Resembling a catkinC2formal

   Having the form or appearance of a catkin, which is a slim, cylindrical flower cluster.

   Amentiforme

   • The plant's inflorescence is catkinate, with drooping clusters.
   • Botanists described the new species as having catkinate flowers.
   • The willow's catkinate blooms appear in early spring.

   Sinônimosamentaceous