catkin

catkin is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
2. noun. a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence

   Synonyms: ament

Synonyms

ament

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in catkin:

antick, natick

Common word forms

catkins

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