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Definition of Redbud
1. Noun. Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood.
Definition of Redbud
1. n. A small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See Judas tree, under Judas.
Definition of Redbud
1. Noun. Any of several small trees, of the genus ''Cercis'', having purple-pink flowers that appear before the leaves; the Judas tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Redbud
1. a small tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Redbud
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Redbud
Literary usage of Redbud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Last of the Foresters: Or, Humors on the Border: A Story of the Old by John Esten Cooke (1856)
"IN WHICH redbud SUPPRESSES HER FEELINGS AND BEHAVES WITH DECORUM. ... redbud, on
the contrary, was still sad, and oppressed from the events of the morning; ..."
2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Theodore Mohr (1901)
"Of smaller trees and shrubs, forming the dense copses and bordering the high
forest, small-leaf sugar maple, redbud, dogwood, and hazelnut prevail. ..."
3. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... redbud; JUDAS TREE (Ceris Canadensis, Linn.). 25 to 50 feet. Dainty tree with
broad, flat head of smooth, thorn- less, angular branches. ..."
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