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Noun: Japanese pagoda tree
  1. Handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
    - Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Sophora, Sophora

Encyclopedia: Japanese pagoda tree