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Definition of Katsura tree

1. Noun. Rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Katsura Tree

Literary usage of Katsura tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Log of a Japanese Journey from the Province of Tosa to the Capitalby Tsurayuki Ki, Flora Best Harris by Tsurayuki Ki, Flora Best Harris (1891)
"... but owing to seasickness, we take little note of the beauty around us. The men on • The " Katsura-tree," supposed to grow in the moon, is the Japanese ..."

2. A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary by James Curtis Hepburn (1886)
"The sen-niii in the moon, who aa a punishment is doomed to cut the katsura tree, which heals up as soon as it is cut. Tsum-iRE. ..."

3. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"(katsura tree. No. 45.) Two exceedingly handsome specimens of this interesting Japan tree are in the close vicinity of McGowan's restaurant. ..."

4. Manual of Gardening: A Practical Guide to the Making of Home Grounds and the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Nettle-tree, Cellis occidentalis* Katsura-tree, Cercidiphyllum Japonicum.% A small or medium-sized tree of very attractive foliage and habit. ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Katsura-tree Deciduous tree Cultivated and occasionally naturalized in disturbed woods. PLATANACEAE • Platanus occidentalis L. Sycamore; ..."

6. The Nō Plays of Japan by Arthur Waley (1922)
"This tint of springtime in the woods, 1 The "Katsura" tree, a kind of laurel supposed to grow in the moon. 2 Lit. "dividing my body," an expression used of ..."

7. Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.: Horticultural Hall by Massachusetts Horticultural Society, W.D. Ticknor & Co, James Englebert Teschemacher (1896)
"The katsura tree, Cercidiphyllum Japonicum, from northern Japan, is an interesting tree, which is quite hardy at Ottawa. The unique character of its foliage ..."

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