Cercidiphyllum japonicum

Definitions of Cercidiphyllum japonicum

1. 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
   synonyms: katsura tree

   type of:

   angiospermous tree, flowering tree

   any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary