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

On our hunt for a public park, we blow weak bubbles and gamely point out ginkgo and pagoda trees by leaf.

From Washington Post

If you discount roses, the gardener is scrounging for action from trees and shrubs and turns to crape myrtles, the Japanese pagoda tree or the PeeGee hydrangea.

From Washington Post

Sedley type were still able to shake the pagoda tree, and Englishmen in outlying provinces often became suddenly rich, how or why nobody asked, and only the natives cared.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg