KOWHAI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kowhai mean? 

• KOWHAI (noun)
  The noun KOWHAI has 1 sense:

1. shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood

  Familiarity information: KOWHAI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOWHAI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

kowhai; Sophora tetraptera

Hypernyms ("kowhai" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("kowhai" is a member of...):

genus Sophora; Sophora (cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria)