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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 Japanplay

    Synonyms:

    Chinese scholar tree; Chinese scholartree; Japanese pagoda tree; Sophora japonica; Sophora sinensis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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