cercis

(sʉrsis)

noun

any of a genus (Cercis) of shrubs and small trees of the caesalpinia family, native to North America and Eurasia

Origin: ModL < Gr kerkis, Judas tree, aspen, lit., weaver's shuttle (orig., prob. staff, rod), dim. of kerkos, tail

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