| 释义 |
judas tree
noun
Usage: usually capitalized J
Etymology: so called from a belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself on a tree of this kind
: an often shrubby Eurasian tree (Cercis siliquastrum) that has glabrous shoots and rounded deeply cordate leaves and is widely cultivated in mild regions for its abundant purplish rose flowers which appear in early spring; broadly : a tree or shrub of the genus Cercis |