English > Sophora: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria. |
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| Synonym | genus 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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