CERCIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cercis mean? 

• CERCIS (noun)
  The noun CERCIS has 1 sense:

1. deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States

  Familiarity information: CERCIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERCIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cercis; genus Cercis

Hypernyms ("Cercis" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cercis"):

Circis siliquastrum; Judas tree; love tree (small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers)

Holonyms ("Cercis" is a member of...):

Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)