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Noun: kowhai
  1. Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile with pendulous racemes of golden-yellow flowers; yields hard strong wood
    "The kowhai is considered the national flower of New Zealand";
    - Sophora tetraptera

Derived forms: kowhais

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Sophora, Sophora

Encyclopedia: Kowhai