| NOUN | plant | Cercidiphyllum japonicum, katsura tree | rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan |
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| Meaning | rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn. | |
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| Synonym | katsura tree | |
| Member of | Cercidiphyllum, genus Cercidiphyllum | One species |
| Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
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