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Okla. state tree
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redbud
Alternative clues for the word redbud
Word definitions for redbud in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of several small trees, of the genus ''Cercis'', having purple-pink flowers that appear before the leaves; the Judas tree.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Judas \Ju"das\, n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a. Treacherous; betraying. Judas hole , a peephole or secret opening for spying. Judas kiss , a deceitful and treacherous ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood [syn: Cercis canadenis ]
Usage examples of redbud.
Sweet gum and persimmon and water locust, ironwood and redbud and a dozen other species with buttonbush and thorny dewberry and greenbriar skirting their bases.
Apple trees hanging heavy with fruit but yet unaccountably blossoming, ice rimming the spring, okra plants blooming yellow and maroon, maple leaves red as October, corn tops tas-seling, a stuffed chair pulled up to the glowing parlor hearth, pumpkins shining in the fields, laurels blooming on the hillsides, ditch banks full of orange jewelweed, white blossoms on dogwood, purple on redbud.
Redbud blushed, and continued to caress Longears, who submitted to this ceremony with great equanimity.
He dug dogwoods and redbuds out of the woods and planted most of the bushes.
The woods beyond looked pathless and showed fallen oaks, with redbuds and dogwoods growing beneath.
Surrounding Hefn and transceiver, a disk of April -- pink smears of blooming redbuds, fervent birdsong -- had superimposed itself on the dead of winter.