Translingual

Sophora tomentosa

Proper noun

Sophora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – a group or shrubs and small trees in the pea family of diverse appearance and widespread distribution.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Sophoreae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sophora tomentosa - type species; for other species see Sophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

sophora ‎(plural sophoras)

1. Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.
   • 2007 October 28, Ellen Pall, “Meet the Neighbors”, in New York Times:

     Then Dr. Day allowed herself to become distracted by a tree on the other side of 83rd Street, a sophora tree.