| NOUN | plant | Chinese scholar tree, Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis | handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers |
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| Meaning | handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan. | |
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| Synonyms | Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis | |
| Member of | Sophora, genus Sophora | cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Spanish | Sophora sinensis | |
| Catalan | Sophora japonica | |
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