sophora japonica

What does sophora japonica mean?

sophora japonica means "handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan".

What is another word for sophora japonica?

Close synonyms include Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora sinensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sophora japonica a common word?

sophora japonica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sophora japonica come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.