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CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE

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• CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE (noun)
The noun CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE has 1 sense:

1. handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

Familiarity information: CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE used as a noun is very rare.

• CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE (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 Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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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