paulownia

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noun

Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.

OriginNew Latin paulownia ← German Pawlowna ← Russian Па́вловна →
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Meanings

nounpaulownia (plural paulownias)

plural paulownias

  1. Any member of the genus Paulownia, comprising deciduous flowering trees native to Asia.

    “This is a nice dry piece of paulownia wood,” she said, “for drawing my eyebrows.”

    1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 62

Origin

  1. RussianПа́вловна
  2. GermanPawlowna
  3. New Latinpaulownia
  4. Englishpaulownia

Learned borrowing from New Latin paulownia, from German Pawlowna, transliterating Russian Па́вловна (Pávlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 泡桐
  • 泡桐 (pāotóng)Translations
French paulownia
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Polish paulownia
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Russian павло́вния
  • павло́вния (pavlóvnija)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

paulownia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paulownia

MLA

“paulownia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paulownia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paulownia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paulownia.

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