Noun

(en noun)

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

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 31, author=Anne Raver, title=Reshaping Their Own Worldview, work=New York Times citation

, passage=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. }}