genus Sophora

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genus Sophora - cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus PodalyriaSophorarosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsPapilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family PapilionaceaeChinese scholar tree, Chinese scholartree, Japanese pagoda tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis - handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japancoral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean, Sophora secundiflora - shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beanskowhai, Sophora tetraptera - shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood