sophora(n = noun.plant) genus sophora - cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria;
is a kind of rosid dicot genus
is a member of papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae

   A genus of leguminous plants. [1913 Webster]

genus sophora, sophora japonica, sophora secundiflora, sophora sinensis, sophora tetraptera