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Noun: Sophora japonica
  1. Handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
    - Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora sinensis

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Sophora, Sophora

Encyclopedia: Sophora japonica