judas tree

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymslove treeCircis siliquastrum

   Broaderangiospermous tree

   Part ofCercis

Questions about judas tree

What does judas tree mean?

judas tree means "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".

What is another word for judas tree?

Close synonyms include love tree, Circis siliquastrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is judas tree a common word?

judas tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.