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Redbud

Definition: Redbud

Redbud

Noun

1. Small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the Judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Redbud

Synonym: Cercis canadenis (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Redbud

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Redbud Fabaceae Cercis canadensis


Carpenter Bee on Redwood
Xylocopa virginica on Cerus canadensis

Brookgreen Garden, SC

Leaf: Alternate, simple, cordate in shape with an entire margin, 3 to 5 inches long and wide. The leaves are thin and papery, and may be slightly hairy below.

Flower: Very showy, light to dark pink in color, 1/2 inch long, appearing in clusters in March to May, before the leaves.

Fruit: Fruits are flattened, dry, brown, pea-like pods, 2 to 4 inches long that contain flat, elliptical, brown seeds 1/4 inch long. Maturing in July to August.

Twig: Slender and zigzag, nearly black in color, spotted with lighter lenticels. Winter buds are tiny, rounded and dark red to chestnut in color.

Bark: Smooth, later scaly with ridges somewhat apparent. Dark in color. May have some maroon patches evident.

Form: A large shrub or small tree with a short, often twisted trunk and spreading branches.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Redbud."

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Crosswords: Redbud

English words defined with "redbud": California redbudwestern redbud. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Redbud

DomainTitle

Books

  • Chinese Children's Stories Vol. 3: The Redbud Tree, Lazy Bones and the Magical Bowl (reference)

  • Redbud (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Redbud

Photos:
Redbud

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Photo Album: Redbud

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

New Chinese redbud cultivar named Don Egolf, released by Margaret Pooler of the U.S. National Arboretum. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Margaret Pooler..

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Redbud

Expressions using "redbud": California redbud western redbud. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Redbud

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

redbud tree

106

redbud

72

eastern redbud

56

forest pansy redbud

29

american redbud

9

redbud western

8

community hospital redbud

6

motocross redbud

5

oklahoma redbud

5

mx redbud

4

hospital redbud

4

illinois redbud

4

picture redbud

4

redbud spectacular

4

home redbud

3

chinese redbud

3

redbud track trail

3

disease redbud

2

redbud weeping

2

bay marina redbud

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Redbud

Derivations

Words beginning with "redbud": redbuds. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Redbud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Radbod, recbcd, redcu, redoud, Redrup, Redux, Renbad, Rietbad. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Redbud

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: budder.

Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-r-u"

-1 letter: dured, redub, udder.

-2 letters: bedu, bred, burd, drub, dude, dure, redd, rube, rudd, rude, rued.

-3 letters: bed, bud, bur, deb, dub, dud, due, reb, red, rub, rue, urb, urd.

-4 letters: be, de, ed, er, re.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-d-e-r-u"
 

+1 letter: budders, drubbed, redbuds.

 

+2 letters: burdened, drumbled, obtruded, redubbed, underbid, underbud.

 

+3 letters: bedrugged, begrudged, blundered, bouldered, debruised, disburden, disbursed, disturbed, rebounded, rebuilded, redoubled, unabraded, unbraided, unbranded, unbridged, unbridled, underbids, underbody, underbred, underbuds, upbraided.

 

+4 letters: adumbrated, beshrouded, bladdernut, bodysurfed, disburdens, overdubbed, sideburned, subdivider, unabridged, unburdened, windburned.

 

+5 letters: balustraded, bladdernuts, bodybuilder, disburdened, distributed, dumbfounder, subdividers, surfboarded, thunderbird, underbidder, underbodies, underbudded, undisturbed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Redbud


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 64 62 75 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -..    -...    ..-    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100100 01100010 01110101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#100 &#98 &#117 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0064 0062 0075 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527170688770

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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