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ˈred-bud
a. A tree belonging to one or other of the American species of Cercis, esp. Cercis canadensis; the Judas tree. Also attrib.
†b. (See quot. 1798.) Obs.
1705R. Beverley Hist. & Present State Virginia iv. 56 They dish up [roots, herbs, etc.] various ways, and find them very delicious Sauce to their Meats;..such are the Red⁓buds, Sassafras-Flowers, Cymnels, Melons, and Potatoes. 1709J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 100 The Red-Bud-Tree bears a purple Lark-Heel. 1717Petiveriana iii. 11/2 Red-bud. Bears a purple Blossom. 1732Gentl. Mag. II. 670 No verdant leaves the lovely Red-Bud grace. 1798Nemnich Lex. Polygl. v. 867/1 Redbud, Andromeda racemosa. Caroline Red bud, Andromeda nitida. 1816Brackenridge in Views Louisiana (ed. 2) 202 The red-bud, the tree which blooms earliest in our woods,..appears in a few places. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioners (1869) 201 European red-bud (Cercis siliquastrum). 1883Century Mag. July 379/1 The pink tassels of the redbud lit up the dark mass of foliage. 1931W. Faulkner Sanctuary xviii. 164 Lilac and wistaria and redbud..had never been finer. 1946D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist v. 58 The red⁓bud trees begin to bloom. 1977New Yorker 2 May 51/2 The dogwoods and redbuds blossomed. |