katsura tree meaning

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katsura tree (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.

Definition of katsura tree

  1. 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

    Synonyms: Cercidiphyllum japonicum

    Type of: angiospermous tree

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