how to pronounce catalpa

/kəˈtælpə/

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catalpa is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of catalpa in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… blossom and catalpa the Indian bean tree …”

meanings of catalpa

noun:

Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

catalpa frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word catalpa occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics catalpa can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that catalpa can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;