SOPHORA JAPONICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sophora japonica mean? 

• SOPHORA JAPONICA (noun)
  The noun SOPHORA JAPONICA has 1 sense:

1. handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

  Familiarity information: SOPHORA JAPONICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOPHORA JAPONICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese scholar tree; Chinese scholartree; Japanese pagoda tree; Sophora japonica; Sophora sinensis

Hypernyms ("Sophora japonica" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Sophora japonica" is a member of...):

genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)