Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sophora \So*pho"ra\, n. [Ar. ?ufair.] (Bot.)
   (a) A genus of leguminous plants.
   (b) A tree ({Sophora Japonica}) of Eastern Asia, resembling
       the common locust; occasionally planted in the United
       States.

Source : WordNet®

Sophora
     n : cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate
         leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus
         Podalyria [syn: {genus Sophora}]