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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Catalpa \Ca*tal"pa\, n. [From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year 1726.] (Bot.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catalpa n : tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods [syn: {Indian bean}]
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