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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria;
[syn: Sophora, genus Sophora]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sophora \So*pho"ra\, n. [Ar. ?ufair.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of leguminous plants.
   (b) A tree (Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling
       the common locust; occasionally planted in the United
       States.
       [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sophora
    n 1: cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate
         leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus
         Podalyria [syn: Sophora, genus Sophora]