I thought "catkin" meant "little cat".
A childhood belief about plants

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that sex meant love and that having sex meant the two people would live happily ever after.— amy
- I thought if food said it was fat free it meant you could eat as much as you want without getting fat!— Brainhead
- I thought "deployed" meant "fired".Anon
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- i thought that if the icecream van had its chimes going, it meant it was out of ice cream— Gracie
- i thought that since my dr's name was "Dr. Washer" that meant my nurse's name was "Dryer" ... i know, its sad— mekare