English > genus Sophora: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria. |
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Synonym | Sophora |
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Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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Members | Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, 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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kowhai, Sophora tetraptera | shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers |
mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora | shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus sophora, sophora |
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Catalan | genus sophora, sophora, Sophora |
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