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GENUS CERCIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States
Synonyms:
Cercis; genus Cercis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Cercis" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Cercis" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)
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