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SOPHORA TETRAPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sophora tetraptera mean? 

SOPHORA TETRAPTERA (noun)
  The noun SOPHORA TETRAPTERA has 1 sense:

1. shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong woodplay

  Familiarity information: SOPHORA TETRAPTERA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOPHORA TETRAPTERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

kowhai; Sophora tetraptera

Hypernyms ("Sophora tetraptera" 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 ("Sophora tetraptera" 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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