catkin

Converse of object

• droop: Flowers in drooping, pale yellow catkins to 6cm long on the bare twigs.
• have: Female plants have shorter catkins, which are followed by small dark purple berries.
• produce: The cultivar " James Roof " is one of the best, producing very long catkins.
• see: There we saw the best catkins I had ever seen.
• bear: Several trees and shrubs commonly found along side canals bear catkins in the late winter and early spring time.
• erect: The pollen sheds Onto small erect female catkins on the same branch.

Adjective modifier

• hazel: In sheltered places hazel catkins seem to emerge earlier each year.
• male: Lambs ' tail shaped male catkins hang in clusters in spring.
• yellow: In early spring the buds break to reveal wonderful yellow catkins that light up the border.
• female: Male and female catkins are borne on separate plants and both provide winter interest.
• long: The flowers appear after the leaves, in late spring or early summer, and are arranged in long catkins of two kinds.
• golden: The gray leafed willow has golden catkins on the male tree and silver catkins on the female.

Preposition: on

• tree: There are catkins on the trees and the first snowdrops are pushing their leaves through the old grass.

Modifies a noun

• s: These started as female catkin s each scale of which held two dark brown seeds.
• S: There are separate male and female flowers but they both occur on the same catkin s when they appear in July.

Preposition: in

• winter: Several trees and shrubs commonly found along side canals bear catkins in the late winter and early spring time.

Noun used with modifier

• willow: Willow catkins provide an early source of nectar for insects.
• male: Reproduction Male catkins, hang in tassels of two or four.
• pendant: They are valued for their leathery leaves and pendant catkins.