katsura

See also: Katsura

English

A katsura tree

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (katsura).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

katsura (plural katsuras)

1. One of two species of trees in the genus Cercidiphyllum, most commonly Cercidiphyllum japonicum, one of the largest trees in Asia.
   • 2007 May 31, Anne Raver, “Reshaping Their Own Worldview”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     To screen out the houses, Mr. Darke and Ms. Zoehrer have planted cedars and katsura trees, sweetshrub and shadbush, and turned their gaze inward, to the garden of their own making.

Translations

tree

• Finnish: katsura (fi)
• Japanese: 桂 (ja) (katsura)

See also

• Katsura (tree) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cercidiphyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cercidiphyllum japonicum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Japanese

Romanization

katsura

1. Rōmaji transcription of かつら
2. Rōmaji transcription of カツラ