Jū'das-tree, n.
n. (Bot.) A leguminous flowering tree, of the genus Cercis (C. siliquastrum), common in the East, on one of which Judas is said to have hung himself; also, red-bud, a small tree in the U. S.
n. (Bot.) A leguminous flowering tree, of the genus Cercis (C. siliquastrum), common in the East, on one of which Judas is said to have hung himself; also, red-bud, a small tree in the U. S.