Cercis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 83 anagrams from letters in Cercis (cceirs).
New Latin (Linnaeus) Greek kerkís redbud, literally, weaver's shuttle (perhaps after the shape of the fruit), derivative of kérkos tail
But as all our genera, save cercis, fall under the first, we shall describe that only.
Texas Redbud (cercis reniformis) differs somewhat from the common redbud, but it takes a botanist to point out the differences.