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katsura¹

Rhymes with -ʊəɹə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (katsura).

noun katsuras

  1. One of two species of trees in the genus Cercidiphyllum, most commonly Cercidiphyllum japonicum, one of the largest trees in Asia. 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.

Katsura²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 桂 (Katsura) or かつら (Katsura).

proper noun Katsuras

  1. A unisex given name from Japanese.
  2. A surname from Japanese.

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noun tree

한국어계수나무 gyesunamu
日本語桂 katsura
中文連香樹 /连香树 liánxiāngshù

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"katsura." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/katsura. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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katsura. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/katsura

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@misc{katsura_2026,
  title = {katsura},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/katsura},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}