NOUN | plant | genus Cercis, Cercis | deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States |
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Meaning | deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States. | |
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Synonym | Cercis | |
Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
Members | Judas tree, love tree, Circis siliquastrum | small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
Spanish | cercis, genus cercis | |
Catalan | cercis, Cercis, genus cercis |
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