What's the difference between catalpa and catawba?
Catalpa
Definition:
(n.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
Example Sentences:
(1) A mutagenic principle in the water extract from Catalpae Fructus (originated from Catalpa ovata G. DON) (Bignoniaceae) was isolated and characterized as a new iridoid named catalpin.
Catawba
Definition:
(n.) A well known light red variety of American grape.
(n.) A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.
Example Sentences:
(1) A lot of water protectors really felt that we needed to make some sort of stand as far as treaty rights,” said Linda Black Elk, a member of the Catawba Nation.
(2) Linda Black Elk, a member of the Catawba Nation who works with the Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council, said campers had been working hard to clean up and considering whether to leave in accordance with the tribal council’s wishes.
(3) In the previous election North Carolina had voted for George W Bush by 12 points,” said Michael Bitzer, a professor at Catawba College and one of the state’s foremost political scientists.
(4) We’re going to hope for the absolute best,” said Linda Black Elk, a member of the Catawba Nation who works with the Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council.
(5) Black Elk is a member of the Catawba nation, but she’s lived on Standing Rock Sioux reservation for much of her life.