CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cercidiphyllum japonicum mean? 

• CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM (noun)
  The noun CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERCIDIPHYLLUM JAPONICUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cercidiphyllum japonicum; katsura tree

Hypernyms ("Cercidiphyllum japonicum" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Cercidiphyllum japonicum" is a member of...):

Cercidiphyllum; genus Cercidiphyllum (one species: katsura tree)