Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sophora

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: sopho-ra
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.

Example Sentences

"Then Dr. Day allowed herself to become distracted by a tree on the other side of 83rd Street, a sophora tree."

Etymology

From translingual Sophora.

Word Breakdown

Root: Sophora

Inflected Forms

sophoras (plural)

Questions

What does sophora mean?: Any of the genus Sophora of small trees and shrubs related to the pea.
Where does sophora come from?: From translingual Sophora.

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