katsura

English

Wikipedia

A katsura tree

Etymology

Japanese カツラ (katsura).

Noun

katsura (plural katsuras)

1. One of two species of trees in the genus Cercidiphyllum, most commonly Cercidiphyllum japonicum, one of the largest trees in Asia.
   • 2007 May 31, Anne Raver, “Reshaping Their Own Worldview”, New York Times:

     To screen out the houses, Mr. Darke and Ms. Zoehrer have planted cedars and katsura trees, sweetshrub and shadbush, and turned their gaze inward, to the garden of their own making.

See also

• Katsura (tree) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Katsura (tree)
• Cercidiphyllum on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Cercidiphyllum
• Cercidiphyllum japonicum on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Cercidiphyllum japonicum

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Japanese

Romanization

katsura

1. See かつら