katsura
See also: Katsura
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (katsura).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Noun edit
katsura (plural katsuras)
- 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”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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.
Translations edit
See also edit
- Katsura (tree) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cercidiphyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cercidiphyllum japonicum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
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