paulownia

See also: Paulownia

English

Etymology

New Latin, from German Paulowna, transliterating Russian Павловна (Pavlovna), the patronymic of Anna Pavlovna.

Noun

paulownia (plural paulownias)

  1. 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.”
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