small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood
{i} tree that is native to North America and Eurasia and blossoms with pink bud-like flowers before the rounded leaves appear in the spring, Judas tree (believed to be the type of tree on which Judas Iscariot hanged himself)
Any of the shrubs or small trees that make up the genus Cercis (family Leguminosae), native to North America, southern Europe, and Asia, and widely planted for their showy early-spring flowers and interesting branch patterns. Clusters of small, purplish-pink flowers appear on old stems and branches before the leaves unfurl. The heart-shaped to roundish leaves quickly turn from bronzy to bright green, then to yellow in fall. The eastern redbud (C. canadensis) is the hardiest species