Sophora

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Translingual

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Sophora tomentosa

Etymology

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Coined by Linnaeus in 1753 from an "ancient name" for a similar plant, presumed taking over the epithet of the medicinal and yellow-flowered Arabian Senna sophera syn. Cassia sophera the epithet of which derives from the Indonesian name for Senna siamea now spelled johar, juar, juwar, secondarily connected to the Arabic triliteral root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r) and the plant name صُفَيْرَاء (ṣufayrāʔ), from أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar, yellow), under influence of Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, wise) in order to make a pun.[1]

Proper noun

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Sophora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – a group of shrubs and small trees in the pea family of diverse appearance and widespread distribution.

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