CERCIS
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)
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)
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