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- noun Plural form of
catalpa .
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Examples
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Today's English gardens, from the small suburban yards to large parklands, are crowded with the descendants of the plants that Mr. Bartram dispatched, ranging from vibrant flowers such as echinacea, phlox and scarlet beebalm to majestic tulip poplars, magnolias and southern catalpas.
The Roots of a Gardening Obsession Andrea Wulf 2009
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Shelter was afforded by catalpas and plane trees such as you might find, I suppose, in any small Dutch town.
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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Next minute, the flames were in the catalpas above our heads, and smoke blew across the scene.
A Rude Awakening Aldiss, Brian 1978
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Whenever we begin a systematic planting, or collection of plants, it does not make much difference whether oak trees, or catalpas or chestnuts, or what not, we can look forward to the time when we will be confronted with a pest control proposition.
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A lovely strip of land lay before us, bounded at the further end by a forest of evergreen oaks, honey locusts, and catalpas.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 Various
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If it happened to be Sankey's run and a regular West End day, sunny and delightful, you would be sure to see standing under the catalpas a shy, dark-skinned girl of fourteen or fifteen years, silently watching the preparations for the departure of the Overland.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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By and by there was an introduction under the catalpas.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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On another basis is the association between catalpas and chestnut trees growing adjacent to one another.
Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin Carl Weschcke 1933
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The May sunshine and shadow had something to do with it; the thickness of foliage and the heavy smells had more; the sense of atmosphere, almost new, had perhaps as much again; and the brooding indolence of a warm climate and a negro population hung in the atmosphere heavier than the catalpas.
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The bricks became precarious, and gave place to a walk of boards; the corners about a broad, muddy way were built up; but farther on the dwellings were scattered -- lighted windows showed dimly behind bare catalpas, iron fences enclosed orderly patches between sodden flats, gas lamps grew fewer.
The Three Black Pennys A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917
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