paulownia

Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Paulownia, native to East Asia, having large, heart-shaped, opposite leaves and pyramidal panicles of purplish or white flowers with a spotted interior.

A genus of ornamental trees of the order Scrophularineæ and the tribe Cheloneæ, characterized by the absence of a sterile stamen, and by a deeply cleft scurfy calyx with five broad and fleshy obtuse valvate lobes.

A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.

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