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 kiss.
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an act appearing to be an act of friendship, which is in fact harmful to the recipient.
Judas tree (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus Cercis, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus ( Cercis Siliquastrum). Cercis Canadensis and Cercis occidentalis are the American species, and are called also redbud.
Wikipedia
Judas Tree is a common name for a flowering tree, Cercis siliquastrum from which Judas Iscariot is reputed to have hanged himself
Judas Tree may also refer to:
- Other flowering tree species in the genus Cercis
- The Judas Tree, a 1961 novel by A. J. Cronin
- The Judas Tree (ballet), by Kenneth MacMillan
- "The Judas Tree" (Jonathan Creek), an episode of Jonathan Creek
Usage examples of "judas tree".
It was a Carob tree from Old Earth, sometimes called the Judas Tree.
In the room of Lorenzo Monaco, he remembered amazed, before Botticelli's Birth of Venus, still blooming purple and gay, there is a hollow Judas tree.
A dozen yards away, standing in a small clearing on its own, stood a big Judas tree, its pale green leaves reflecting the sunlight.
When he sat down under the Judas tree a second time, the branches gave a slight shudder, and began to bend slowly downward.
It was only instinct that had so suddenly persuaded him that Christopher was betraying his country, an instinct grounded in the memory of the Colonel's look of outrage when Sharpe said the blossoms came from a Judas tree.
From our front porch you could look almost due east and see a single Judas tree up in the forested hills.