Sophora japonica

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sophora japonica
    n 1: handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark
         green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white
         flowers; China and Japan [syn: {Japanese pagoda tree},
         {Chinese scholartree}, {Chinese scholar tree}, {Sophora
         japonica}, {Sophora sinensis}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sophora \So*pho"ra\, n. [Ar. ?ufair.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of leguminous plants.
   (b) A tree ({Sophora Japonica}) of Eastern Asia, resembling
       the common locust; occasionally planted in the United
       States.
       [1913 Webster]

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