redbuck (redbuk)

The roodebok, Cepha lophus nat a lens is. See roodebok. redbud (red'bud), n. Any tree of the American species of Cercis; the Judas-tree. The best-known, common in the interior and southern United States, is C. Can a dens is, a small tree, the branches clothed in early spring with fascicles of small flowers of nearly peach blo om color, followed by rather large heart-shaped pointed leaves. In southwestern woods it is very conspicuous when in blo om, and it is often cultivated for ornament. The flowers have an acid taste, and are said to be used, like those of the Old World Judas-tree, in salads, etc. The name is from the color of the flowers, and doubtle from their bud-like aspect even when open. C. reniform is, a Texan and Mexican species, is a smaller tree or a shrub often forming dense thickets, and C. occi dental is is a Californian shrubby species.