judas : Idioms & Phrases

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Judas hole

  • a peephole or secret opening for spying.
Webster 1913

Judas kiss

  • a deceitful and treacherous kiss.
Webster 1913

Judas tree

  • noun small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
    Circis siliquastrum; love tree.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), 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 (C. Siliquastrum). C. Canadensis and C. occidentalis are the American species, and are called also redbud.
Webster 1913