KATSURA TREE


Meaning of KATSURA TREE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkät-sə-rə- ]

noun

Etymology: Japanese katsura katsura tree

Date: circa 1924

: a deciduous tree ( Cercidiphyllum japonicum of the family Cercidiphyllaceae) of Japan and China sometimes grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green ovate leaves which turn bright yellow or red in autumn — called also katsura

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.