JUDAS TREE

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Meaning:

Small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers

Synonyms:

Circis siliquastrum; Judas tree; love tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Judas tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Judas tree" is a member of...):

Cercis; genus Cercis (deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States)

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