Catten or catkin is the term I like for the felines at that age. From Wordnik.com. [Blog Find of 2009 « Barefoot in the Kitchen] Reference
The correct spelling of "catkin," defined as a cluster of willow tree blossoms, produced a gasp from the audience. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Heavy annual catkin bloomer, few pistillates so far. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946] Reference
They make the nuts, but there is not even one catkin. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Click here for a picture of the catkin in "full bloom.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
A. Normal androgynous catkin (female flower at base); B. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
The latter variety is catkin hardy and should be in every planting. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
I have a seedling about ten years old which didn't have one catkin bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
Wood injury, catkin injury, and pistil injury will be treated separately. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
In the fourth group are those with less than 20 per cent of catkin injury. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
It was here that the records of yields and catkin hardiness were valuable. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
Hardiness of catkin also varied greatly and rather consistently from year to year. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
The remainder of the catkin bears male flowers similar to those on the all-male catkins. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The individual flowers are arranged on the catkin axis as in the normal flowers (Fig. 5). From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
Not a single live catkin was found in the spring on the 66 filbert varieties in this orchard. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
Casuarinas have very reduced male and female flowers, arranged in catkin-like inflorescences. From Wordnik.com. [3. The Plants] Reference
The hardy variety has late blooming male catkins which might account for its catkin hardiness. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Each catkin is not more than half an inch long, on a very short peduncle, and with a rounded denticulated crest. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
In the varieties suffering such severe catkin injuries, much of the wood was killed, but this will be treated separately. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
Trees in the partially protected orchard fared somewhat better in regard to catkin injury than those in the more exposed orchard. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
In another specimen the inflorescence preserves its usual catkin-like shape, but the flowers are replaced by little tufts of leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Tables 2 to 5 contain the mean of these estimates and a considerable variation in catkin hardiness in the different populations is evident. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
A small willow represents the great catkin family. From Wordnik.com. [The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America] Reference
A male alder catkin ranges from 1/2-2 inches in length. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
That's the willow catkin you know of course -- and sloe. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet, Volume II] Reference
That's the willow catkin you know of course – and sloe. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Helmet] Reference
On the day after her arrival, she essayed to worry the haughty catkin. From Wordnik.com. [Further Adventures of Lad] Reference
She picked up a twig of the catkin, piqued by Birkin's attention to it. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Love] Reference
Look at that painted butterfly swinging on the honey-laden catkin there. From Wordnik.com. [Gulliver of Mars] Reference
One of the first areas to be planted out this January is a catkin wood for a client. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Eyelet and catkin are linked to their origins by similarity in shape or appearance only. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 1] Reference
If you want a really nice looking help you should look into man pages as catkin suggests. From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
Amentaceous flowers ■, one fpecies of the Aggregate; borne or growing in an ament or catkin. From Wordnik.com. [The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ...] Reference
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