Definition of Sophora tetraptera

1. Noun. Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood.

Exact synonyms: Kowhai
Group relationships: Genus Sophora, Sophora
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sophora Tetraptera

Sooners
Sooretama slaty antshrike
Sophene
Sophia
Sophia Loren
Sophie
Sophie's choice
Sophie's choices
Sophie Tucker
Sophoclean
Sophocles
Sophonias
Sophora japonica
Sophora secundiflora
Sophora sinensis
Sophora tetraptera (current term)
Sophrolaeliocattleya
Sophy
Sopron
Sorani
Sorani alphabet
Soraya
Sorb
Sorbian
Sorbonist
Sorbonists
Sorbonne
Sorbs
Sorbus
Sorbus americana

Literary usage of Sophora tetraptera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1808)
"Sophora tetraptera. Curt, in Bot. Mag. n. 167- cum Ic. Sophora tetraptera. ... Sophora tetraptera. Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 43. ..."

2. Pamphlets on Forestry in Hawaii (1917)
"That the Hawaiian Sophora is very closely related to Sophora tetraptera there is no ... Sophora tetraptera, the Kou'hai of the Maoris, is very variable; ..."

3. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Sophora tetraptera. Joh. Miller. ic. tab, 1. Winged-podded Sophora. Nat. of New Zealand. ... Sophora tetraptera. ..."

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