katsura

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English

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 katsura on Wikipedia
A katsura tree

Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese (katsura).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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katsura

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