English noun: Sophora | |||
1. | Sophora (plant) cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria | ||
Synonyms | genus Sophora | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rosid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | Chinese scholar tree, Chinese scholartree, coral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, Japanese pagoda tree, kowhai, mescal bean, Sophora japonica, Sophora secundiflora, Sophora sinensis, Sophora tetraptera | ||
Member meronym | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | ||