HyperDic: genus_sophora

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Sophora:
NOUNplantgenus Sophora, Sophoracosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers
English > genus Sophora: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria.
SynonymSophora
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
MembersJapanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensishandsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers
kowhai, Sophora tetrapterashrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers
mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflorashrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus sophora, sophora
Catalangenus sophora, sophora, Sophora

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