noun🔗ShareChatonsA type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar."The willow tree outside the schoolyard had many catkins hanging from its branches in the spring. "Le saule devant la cour de l'école avait beaucoup de chatons suspendus à ses branches au printemps.plantnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading