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名詞

Judas tree (plural Judas trees)

1. A small deciduous tree, Cercis siliquastrum, noted for its prolific display of deep-pink flowers in spring.

   Synonym: European redbud

   • 1762 June, “The compendious System of Natural History”, in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure‎, volume 30, page 297:

     The Spaniards and Portuguese title the siliquastrum the lovely tree, or tree of love; and we call it Judas tree, from a tradition, that it was the tree Judas hanged himself upon.

   • 1858, Adelaide Anne Procter, “The Wayside Inn”, in Legends and Lyrics‎, New York: D. Appleton, page 119:

     […] children, drawing water,
     Looked up and paused to see,
     Amid the apple branches,
     A purple Judas tree.

   • 1926, Vita Sackville-West, Passenger to Teheran‎, London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf, Chapter V, II:

     [The garden] is a tangle of briars and grey sage, and here and there a judas tree in full flower stains the whiteness of the tall planes with its incredible magenta.

Further reading

• Cercis siliquastrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cercis siliquastrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cercis siliquastrum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons