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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.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Chinese Scholar Tree, Chinese Scholartree, Japanese Pagoda Tree, Sophora Japonica, Sophora Sinensis, Coral Bean, Frijolillo, Frijolito, Mescal Bean, Sophora Secundiflora, Kowhai, Sophora Tetraptera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sophora
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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