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 japonica
     n : handsome round-headed deciduous tree having compound dark
         green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant
         creamy-white flowers; China and Japan [syn: {Japanese
         pagoda tree}, {Chinese scholartree}, {Chinese scholar
         tree}, {Sophora sinensis}]