(n)shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood, Syn.Sophora tetraptera
‖n.; pl.Paraptera [ NL. See Para-, and Pteron. ] (Zool.) A special plate situated on the sides of the mesothorax and metathorax of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]