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sophora

sophora noun: any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.

sophora: any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea
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Noun

sophora (plural sophoras)

  1. Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.
    • Then Dr. Day allowed herself to become distracted by a tree on the other side of 83rd Street, a sophora tree.2007 October 28, Ellen Pall, “Meet the Neighbors”, in New York Times

Forms of sophora

pluralsophoras

Origin of sophora

From translingual Sophora.

Questions about sophora

What does sophora mean?
Sophora means any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.
What part of speech is sophora?
Sophora is a noun.
What is the plural of sophora?
The plural of sophora is sophoras.

Words near sophora in the dictionary

  1. sophont
  2. sophonts
  3. sophophobia
  4. sophophoran
  5. sophophorans
  6. sophora
  7. sophorabioside
  8. sophoraceous
  9. sophoradin
  10. sophoraflavanone
  11. sophoraflavanones

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