catkin.

A narrow cluster of small, usually petal-less flowers on a tree or shrub, often hanging from a stem.

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Words that belong together

• willow catkin
• dangling catkins
• hazel catkins

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Hazel catkins swung above the ditch.

A bee settled on a willow catkin.

Yellow pollen fell from the catkins when the branch shook.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Common on willow, birch, and hazel; not a seedpod or a leaf cluster. Plural: catkins