WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ju′das tree′, 
    1. Plant Biologya purple-flowered Eurasian tree, Cercis siliquastrum, of the legume family, supposed to be the kind upon which Judas hanged himself.
    2. Plant Biologyany of various other trees of the same genus, as the redbud.
    • 1660–70

'Judas tree' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cronin - cercis - redbud

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