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Webster 1913 Edition
Paulownia
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Pau-low′ni-a
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL. So named from the Russian princess
Anna
.] Pavlovna
(Bot.)
A genus of trees of the order
Scrophulariaceæ
, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis
. ☞ The tree is native to Japan, and has immense heart-shaped leaves, and large purplish flowers in panicles. The capsules contain many little winged seeds, which are beautiful microscopic objects. The tree is hardy in America as far north as Connecticut.
Definition 2024
Paulownia
paulownia
paulownia
See also: Paulownia
English
Noun
paulownia (plural paulownias)
- Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.
- 1997 Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 62)
- “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”
- 1997 Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha (Vintage 1998, p. 62)