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Definition of Cercis
1. Noun. Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Circis Siliquastrum, Judas Tree, Love Tree
Definition of Cercis
1. a shrub [n -CISES] - See also: shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cercis
Literary usage of Cercis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"[HE genus Cercis comprises two species of deciduous trees, of the third rank,
... The Cercis siliquastrum is indigenous to the south of France. ..."
2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus Cercis, Linn. The genus Cercis, including seven species of shrubs and trees,
is distributed in Asia, Europe and America. We have two tree forms and ..."
3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"... and, unless special pains is taken to dislodge them early in the season, the
tree, for ornamental purposes, is utterly spoiled. Cercis. ..."
4. The MAGAZINE of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and (1851)
"THE JUDAS TREE, (Cercis canadensis.) This is one of the most beautiful low growing
ornamental trees, attaining the height of twenty feet, ..."
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