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Definition of 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
Definition of Sophora
1. n. A genus of leguminous plants.
Definition of Sophora
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Sophora'' of small trees and shrubs related to the pea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Sophora
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sophora
Literary usage of Sophora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Linnean Society by Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society of London Library (1808)
"Mimosa indeed, I presume, must also be divided ; but the species referred to it
have all a strict affinity to each other, whereas sophora, as it stands in ..."
2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"SECTION III HERE we have three genera of the Leguminosae, namely, Erythrina,
Canavalia, and sophora, ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"The genus sophora is characterized аз follows: Calyx ... We have two native
herbaceous perennial species, viz., sophora ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... a decoction of sapan wood ; if yellow, in a decoction of the seeds and flowers
of the common Chinese plant mi-fa. or in one of sophora ..."
5. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"... IRISH YEWS, AND WEEPING sophora. peculiarly beautiful in winter. Its low,
dense masses of red bronze leaves, small and regularly formed, ..."
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