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Cercidiphyllum japonicum

DEFINITIONS OF: Cercidiphyllum japonicum

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n 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

Synonyms:
katsura tree
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
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