pagoda tree

American  

noun

1. a spreading, round-headed tree, Sophora japonica, of the legume family, native to China and Korea, having yellowish-white flowers in loose, showy clusters, grown widely as a street tree.

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pagoda tree British  

noun

1. a Chinese leguminous tree, Sophora japonica, with ornamental white flowers and dark green foliage

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Example Sentences

You see the pagoda tree is shaken bare, and I could do no more than keep myself and have nothing for my mother, and I am afraid she will need it.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

It is a close relative of the famous pagoda tree of Japan, S. Japonica, universally cultivated; and it deserves to be a garden tree throughout the Southern states.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Surely, Lady Merrifield, whose husband was shaking the pagoda tree, would make an advance if she knew the circumstances.

From The Two Sides of the Shield by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

If you are lying to me, Ram Lal, we may lose both our pickings from this fat pagoda tree.

From A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story by Savage, Richard

Like flour in the back settlements of the United States, it was reckoned "ekal to cash," and was made to do the office of the pagoda tree in India, which rained dollars at every shake.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.