katsura

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (katsura).

• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

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:

     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.

• Katsura (tree) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cercidiphyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cercidiphyllum japonicum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

katsura

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