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CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
Synonyms:
Chinese scholar tree; Chinese scholartree; Japanese pagoda tree; Sophora japonica; Sophora sinensis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Chinese scholar tree" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("Chinese scholar tree" is a member of...):
genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)
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