1. (noun) catkin - a downy, hanging flowering spike of trees such as willow and hazel, pollinated by the wind.
I te tīmatanga o te raumati, kua kapi katoa ngā tōtara tāne i te mahi a te huahae, ā, ko ngā uha, e kapi katoa ana i te koroī (TaiA 2017). / At the beginning of summer the male tōtara trees are all covered by many catlins and the females are covered in cones.
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