Judas /(?)/
Ju·das
Judas
n.
- The disciple who betrayed Christ.
Phrases & Compounds
- Judas hole
- a peephole or secret opening for spying.
- Judas kiss
- a deceitful and treacherous kiss.
- Judas tree
- a leguminous tree of the genus Cercis, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus (Cercis Siliquastrum). Cercis Canadensis and Cercis occidentalis are the American species, and are called also redbud.