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    JUDAS TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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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 veneersplay

    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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