noun
rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
• Syn: ↑Cercidiphyllum japonicum
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cercidiphyllum, ↑genus Cercidiphyllum
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\\ˈkätsərə-\ noun also katsura (-s) : a deciduous tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) of the order Ranales that has short spurs on its branches, broadly ovate leaves with crenate-serrate margins, and fruit which is a pod enclosing many winged seeds and that is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental especially for its dark blue-green foliage which turns bright yellow or red in autumn
Useful english dictionary. 2012.