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Definition of Kowhai
1. Noun. Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood.
Definition of Kowhai
1. Noun. A small woody legume tree native to New Zealand that has yellow flowers. It is the national flower of New Zealand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kowhai
1. a New Zealand tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kowhai
Literary usage of Kowhai
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"is used as a metaphor for Spring ; the " kowhai rains" are at the spring ...
name of a shrub bearing very handsome flowers, the Parrot's- beak kowhai (Hot. ..."
2. Reports of Geological Explorations by New Zealand Geological Survey (1871)
"kowhai MINE. Another coal field of a similar character exists on the right bank
of the river kowhai, a small tributary of the Waimakariri, six miles above ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
""The head of the straight-stemmed kowhai is already crowned with racemes of golden
... 21 : " The dazzling points of morning's lances Waked the red kowhai's ..."
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