HyperDic: genus_cercis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cercis:
NOUNplantgenus Cercis, Cercisdeciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States
English > genus Cercis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdeciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States.
SynonymCercis
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersJudas tree, love tree, Circis siliquastrumsmall tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishcercis, genus cercis
Catalancercis, Cercis, genus cercis

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