# Catkin

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/catkin
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

an [inflorescence](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence "a group of flowers borne on one stem; the way in which flowers are arranged on a stem.") consisting of unisexual, apetalous flowers arranged in a compact [spike](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/spike "a racemose inflorescence of sessile flowers (or spikelets in the case of grasses) borne on a simple elongated axis.").

## Related terms

- [Inflorescence](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/inflorescence)