katsura tree

katsura tree
noun Etymology: Japanese katsura katsura tree Date: circa 1924 a deciduous tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum of the family Cercidiphyllaceae) of Japan and China sometimes grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green ovate leaves which turn bright yellow or red in autumn — called also katsura

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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