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cercises

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cer⋅cis

[sur-sis]
–noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Cercis, as the redbud or Judas tree.

Origin:
< NL (Linnaeus) < Gk kerkís redbud, lit., weaver's shuttle (perh. after the shape of the fruit), deriv. of kérkos tail
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