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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PAULOWNIA

New Latin, named after Anna Paulovna, daughter of Paul I of Russia.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PAULOWNIA

paulownia  [pɔːˈləʊnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAULOWNIA

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Paulownia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PAULOWNIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

paulownia

Paulownia

Between 6-17 species, including: Paulownia catalpifolia Paulownia elongata Paulownia fargesii Paulownia fortunei Paulownia kawakamii Paulownia taiwaniana Paulownia tomentosa Paulownia is a genus of from 6 to 17 species of plants in the family Paulowniaceae, related to and sometimes included in the Scrophulariaceae. They are native to much of China, south to northern Laos and Vietnam, and long cultivated elsewhere in eastern Asia, notably in Japan and Korea. They are deciduous trees 12–15 m tall, with large, heart-shaped leaves 15–40 cm across, arranged in opposite pairs on the stem. The flowers are produced in early spring on panicles 10–30 cm long, with a tubular purple corolla resembling a foxglove flower. The fruit is a dry capsule, containing thousands of minute seeds. Paulownia fortunei flowers and bark The genus, originally Pavlovnia but now usually spelled Paulownia, was named in honour of Anna Paulowna queen consort of The Netherlands, daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia. It is also called "princess tree" for the same reason.

Definition of paulownia in the English dictionary

The definition of paulownia in the dictionary is any scrophulariaceous tree of the Japanese genus Paulownia, esp P. tomentosa, having large heart-shaped leaves and clusters of purplish or white flowers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAULOWNIA


Amazonia
æməˈzəʊnɪə
ammonia
əˈməʊnɪə
anhedonia
ˌænhɪˈdəʊnɪə
Babylonia
ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə
Caledonia
ˌkælɪˈdəʊnɪə
Catalonia
ˌkætəˈləʊnɪə
Cephalonia
ˌsɛfəˈləʊnɪə
escallonia
ˌɛskəˈləʊnɪə
Estonia
ɛˈstəʊnɪə
Franconia
fræŋˈkəʊnɪə
Ionia
aɪˈəʊnɪə
Kefallonia
ˌkɛfəˈləʊnɪə
Laconia
ləˈkəʊnɪə
Livonia
lɪˈvəʊnɪə
Macedonia
ˌmæsɪˈdəʊnɪə
Patagonia
ˌpætəˈɡəʊnɪə
pneumonia
njuːˈməʊnɪə
rhizoctonia
ˌraɪzɒkˈtəʊnɪə
valonia
vəˈləʊnɪə
zirconia
zɜːˈkəʊnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAULOWNIA

pauldron
Pauli
Pauli exclusion principle
paulin
Pauline
Pauling
Paulinus
Paulinus of Nola
Paumotu Archipelago
paunce
paunch
paunchier
paunchiest
paunchiness
paunchy
pauper
pauper´s grave
pauperdom
pauperess
pauperisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAULOWNIA

Albania
Armenia
Bosnia
California
Campania
Catania
hryvnia
Lithuania
mania
Mauritania
New Caledonia
Oceania
Pennsylvania
Romania
Slovenia
Tanzania
Tasmania
tenia
Virginia
West Virginia

Synonyms and antonyms of paulownia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «paulownia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAULOWNIA

Find out the translation of paulownia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of paulownia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «paulownia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

泡桐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paulownia
570 millions of speakers

English

paulownia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

paulownia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصيني المعطر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

павловния
278 millions of speakers

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paulownia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

paulownia
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paulownia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paulownia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paulownia
180 millions of speakers

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130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오동 나무
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paulownia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Paulownia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

paulownia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलावनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paulownia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paulownia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paulownia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

павловнія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paulownia
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

paulownia
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

paulownia
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

paulownia
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

paulownia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of paulownia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAULOWNIA»

The term «paulownia» is regularly used and occupies the 90.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAULOWNIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about paulownia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAULOWNIA»

Discover the use of paulownia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to paulownia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wood
In addition to the local woodworkers' experiences, we have also been impressed with the beautiful paulownia objects crafted by the Japanese. Traditionally, paulownia was used to build kotos (harps) because the wood's specific gravity is  ...
Fine Woodworking, 1995
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Post-fire Vegetation Dynamics and the Invasion of Paulownia ...
TABLES AND FIGURES Figure 6.1: Vegetation plots and survey points at Linville Gorge from which Paulownia habitat models were developed for 2004 and 2006. Figure 6.2: Pruned classification tree predicting Paulownia habitat in 2002 ...
Dane Mitchell Kuppinger, 2008
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Trees IV
J.-C. YANG1, C.-K. Ho1, Z.-Z. CHEN1, and S.-H. CHANG1 1 General Account 1.1 Botany, Distribution, and Importance of Taiwan Paulownia The genus Paulownia is one of the few arborescent genera in the family Scrophulariaceae.
Y. P. S. Bajaj, 1996
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Agro-ecological Farming Systems in China
volume of 5.5 million m3 and an annual increment of 2 million m\ The total timber production from the state forest farms was only 0.16 million m3yr', or about 10% of that from the Paulownia-crop intercropped areas. Paulownia timber is an ...
Wenhua Li, 2001
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The Bradley Bibliography: Arboriculture. Economic properties ...
Pucci, Angiolo. Diplacus glutinosus Nutt. (Soc. Tosc. OH. Bull. XVII. 332-334, pi. 11. 1892.) PAULOWNIA Neumann, [Auguste]. Note sur un arbre cultivé au Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Paris, et regardé comme le Paulownia imperialis. (Hort.
Alfred Rehder, Charles Sprague Sargent, 1915
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East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons
I also assumed that "paulownia" most likely referred to some botanical adventurer of yore. Wrong on both counts. Both the paulownia name and the imperial connection come from a Russian princess, Anna Pavlovna, granddaughter of ...
Liza Dalby, 2009
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Indian Villages 2020 (in 2 Volumes)vision And Mission (vol. ...
The most popular inter-cropping practice is grouping of cereal crops with Paulownia. Paulownia is characterized with rapid growth, high quality of wood and practically free from diseases and insect attack. The initial Paulownia spacement is 5 ...
Y.P. Singh (ed.), 2006
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Flowers, Dragons and Pine Trees: Asian Textiles in the ...
First associated with imperial and aristocratic garments in the Heian and Kamakura periods, the paulownia-bamboo-phoenix motif became popular with commoners in the Edo period as well. Rural craftsmen usually interpreted the motif in a ...
Mary M. Dusenbury, 2004
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Appalachian Bounty: Nature's Gifts from the Mountains: A ...
These Royal Paulownia trees are native to China and Japan. Known as the empress tree and the princess tree, the Paulownia is named for Princess Anna Paulowna, daughter of Czar Paul I of Russia. For centuries in Japan, the right to grow ...
Michael Joslin, 2000
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and ...
There is also one other unnamed thung from the seeds of which oil is produced.b The first two, white-flowered paulownia, pai hua thung1 , and purple-flowered paulownia, tzu hua thung2 are the only two which belong to the genus paulownia .
Joseph Needham, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAULOWNIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term paulownia is used in the context of the following news items.
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12 months, 12 hikes, one trail: July
Poelzing suggests following the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway rules that prohibit the gathering of chestnuts or cutting ginseng or Paulownia. «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
2
Drought tolerant licorice plant boasts distinctive foliage
I am talking about the royal empress tree (Paulownia tomentosa). In the Eastern United States, from Connecticut to Florida, this species has ... «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
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The Head Honcho: A Meeting with a Top Puppet Craftsman
Bunraku heads are made from hinoki cypress, but the larger Awa heads need to use a lighter material and are made from paulownia. It takes ... «Nippon.com, Jul 15»
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Foil, The Birth of What Skiing Was Meant to Be, Announces Global …
Like a master chef's gourmet recipe, Alessandro's experimentation lead to discovering the precise blend of premium ingredients from the ash / paulownia wood ... «Digital Journal, Jul 15»
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Creating a perennial tropical border
Pair that with a Paulownia tomentosa tree that will grow 15 feet in one year (if chopped to the ground the previous winter) and you have the ... «North County Outlook, Jul 15»
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Dieffenbacher presents plant concepts for alternate raw materials
Dieffenbacher presented plant concepts and projects for fast-growing and alternate raw materials such as bamboo, paulownia, bagasse, straw, ... «IHB, Jul 15»
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Riding on the revival of New Manila
The store features exquisite hand-painted vases; some are lacquered wood vases like their Paulownia Wood Herbalist Jar Series, others are ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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Stink Bugs' Tree Host Preferences May Provide Management Clues
... yellowwood, paulownia, cherry, walnut, redbud, and grape. This knowledge, according to the authors, should “aid in the search for H. halys in ... «Entomology Today, Jun 15»
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Great haul of China
Davidias, or Pocket Handkerchief trees, Paulownia fargesii with blue flowers in May, many fine magnolias and many roses and rhododendrons ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
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From the Mag | Water Warriors | Victor Myers
He builds all of his boards out of “re-grind” recycled EPS cores, as well as balsa and paulownia wood, finishing them with a bio-based resin. «SUP Magazine, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Paulownia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paulownia>. Apr 2024 ».
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