HyperDic: katsura_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression katsura tree:
NOUNplantkatsura tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicumrapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan
English > katsura tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningrapidly 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.
SynonymCercidiphyllum japonicum
Member ofCercidiphyllum, genus CercidiphyllumOne species
Broaderangiospermous tree, flowering treeAny tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

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