Definition of Genus cercis

1. Noun. Deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States.

Exact synonyms: Cercis
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Circis Siliquastrum, Judas Tree, Love Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cercis

genus Cerastes
genus Cerastium
genus Ceratitis
genus Ceratodus
genus Ceratonia
genus Ceratopetalum
genus Ceratophyllum
genus Ceratopogon
genus Ceratopteris
genus Ceratosaurus
genus Ceratostomella
genus Ceratotherium
genus Ceratozamia
genus Cercidiphyllum
genus Cercidium
genus Cercis
genus Cercocebus
genus Cercopithecus
genus Cercospora
genus Cercosporella
genus Cereus
genus Certhia
genus Cervus
genus Ceryle
genus Cestrum
genus Cestum
genus Ceterach
genus Cetonia
genus Cetorhinus
genus Cetraria

Literary usage of Genus cercis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"[HE genus Cercis comprises two species of deciduous trees, of the third rank, natives of Europe, Asia, and North America. The Cercis siliquastrum is ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus CERCIS, Linn. The genus Cercis, including seven species of shrubs and trees, is distributed in Asia, Europe and America. We have two tree forms and ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"The genus Cercis, with a single Wilcox species, makes its first recorded appearance in geological history in the Wilcox species, in the three species ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"... is unknown in the Interior and has but a single genus (Cercis) on the Pacific, while it has its representatives throughout the Atlantic region, ..."

5. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"E. genus cercis—Redbud. They are characterized by 1. Leaves—alternate, pinnately compound, except in Cercis. 2. Flowers—in showy, pendent racemes. 3. ..."

6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1891)
"... so characteristic of the Mexican flora, is unknown in the Interior and has but a single genus (Cercis) on the ..."

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