catkin

slim, cylindrical flower cluster with inconspicuous or no petals. an inflorescence consisting of a spike, usually hanging, of much reduced flowers of either sex: occurs in birch, hazel, etc
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catkin

Summary

catkin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (453 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • catkin's image is recorded as Katjes van een hazelaar (Corylus avellana). 26-01-2021. (actm.) 02.jpg[2].
  • catkin's image is recorded as Kätzchen (inflorescence).svg[3].
  • catkin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85021249[4].
  • catkin's subclass of is recorded as ear[5].
  • catkin's Commons category is recorded as Catkins[6].
  • catkin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04xm6w[7].
  • catkin's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1456189[8].
  • catkin's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0077562[9].
  • catkin's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[10].
  • catkin's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • catkin's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/catkin[12].
  • catkin's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 173105851[13].
  • catkin's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007284703605171[14].
  • catkin's Lex ID is recorded as rakle[15].
  • catkin's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 11695249-n[16].
  • catkin's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 528769[17].
  • catkin's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as ament[18].
  • catkin's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 45011[19].
  • catkin's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as k84hg9xf[20].
  • catkin's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/06a62eea-ccbc-427b-a45b-1049a6fcd8df[21].

Why It Matters

catkin ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (453 views/month).[1] catkin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] catkin is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Library of Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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