paulownia
See also: Paulownia
English
Etymology
From New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.
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)
French
Noun
paulownia m (plural paulownias)
- paulownia
Further reading
- “paulownia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.