(n) miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers, Syn. Mitella diphylla
[カツラか(カツラ科);かつらか(桂科), katsura ka ( katsura ka ); katsuraka ( katsura ka )] (n) (See 桂・かつら) Cercidiphyllaceae (monotypic plant family containing the Japanese Judas trees)