Definition of Genus sophora

1. Noun. Cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sophora

genus Smilax
genus Smiledon
genus Smyrnium
genus Sobralia
genus Solandra
genus Solanopteris
genus Solanum
genus Solea
genus Soleirolia
genus Solenopsis
genus Solenostemon
genus Solidago
genus Somateria
genus Sonchus
genus Sonora
genus Sophora
genus Sorbus
genus Sorex
genus Sorghum
genus Spadella
genus Spalax
genus Sparaxis
genus Sparganium
genus Sparmannia
genus Spartina
genus Spartium
genus Spathiphyllum
genus Spergula
genus Spergularia

Literary usage of Genus sophora

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

1. Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Greenouse Plants / by by Loundon (Jane) (1848)
"A very handsome plant, a native of Nepal, which Dr. Lindley has classed with the genus Sophora, though, as he observes, he is not by any means satisfied ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1818)
"On the Tuberose, Ix. 270. On the Dahlia, 272. On nectarines and peaches produced on the same branch, 273. On plants of the genus Sophora, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1810)
"... abridgment : but every well-informed botanist will concur with him in opinion that the genus Sophora calls aloud for reform. ..."

4. The New annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and by Andrew Kippis (1810)
"From the miscellaneous genus Sophora, a few plants are here selected and arranged into a distinct genus, as possessing sufficient distinctions for this ..."

5. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"Genus—Sophora, Linn. Sophora tetraptera, Aiton. Kowhai.—A small or middling-sized tree. It has a splendid appearance, with large pendulous yellow flowers. ..."

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