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caterpillar tree

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
cater-pil-lar tree
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.

noun

Catalpa bignonioides; the southern catalpa, a deciduous tree of family Bignoniaceae growing in Southeastern U.S., which is the host plant for the catawba worms, caterpillars that are popular fishing bait.

Inflected Forms

caterpillar trees (plural)

Questions

What does caterpillar tree mean?
A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.

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