KOWHAI

Meaning of KOWHAI in English

[ 'kəʊwʌɪ , 'kɔ:fʌɪ ]

■ noun a tree native to New Zealand and Chile, with hanging clusters of yellow flowers. [ Sophora tetraptera .]

Origin

C19: from Maori.

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KOWHAI — ˈkōˌwī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Maori : a shrub or small tree ( Sophora tetraptera ) of Australasia and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KOWHAI — /koh"wuy/ , n. a New Zealand tree, Sophora tetraptera, of the legume family, having clusters of golden-yellow flowers. [ 1825-35; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KOWHAI — n. shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and Chile with hanging clusters of yellow flowers
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KOWHAI — n. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Sophora, esp. S. microphylla native to New Zealand, with pendant …
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KOWHAI — n. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Sophora, esp. S. microphylla native to New Zealand, with pendant …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KOWHAI — n. any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Sophora, esp. S. microphylla native to New Zealand, with pendant …
Oxford English vocab
RED KOWHAI — /koh"wuy/ parrot's-bill. [ kowhai kowhai, kohai; cf. PARROT'S-BILL ]
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SOPHORA — səˈfōrə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic ṣufayrā', a tree of the genus Sophora 1. capitalized : a genus of …
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PELU — ˈpāˌlü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish pelú, from Araucanian pùlu : kowhai
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LOCUST
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GOAI — ˈgōˌī variant of kowhai
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PARROT'S-BILL — /par"euhts bil'/ , n. a showy, vinelike plant, Clianthus puniceus, of New Zealand, having clusters of eight white-streaked, crimson flowers. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE — the body of literatures, both oral and written, produced in New Zealand. the body of literatures, both oral and written, …
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CLIANTHUS — genus of flowering shrubs of the pea family (Fabaceae). Its two species, C. puniceus and C. formosus, are native to …
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LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
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LOCUST — n. 1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 …
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LOCUST — n.1 any of various African and Asian grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, migrating in swarms and destroying vegetation. 2 US …
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