kowhai
/ˈkəʊaɪ/noun
1- a tree of the pea family, which bears hanging clusters of yellow flowers. It is native to New Zealand and Chile and yields useful timber.四翅槐树。
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- Sophora tetraptera, family Leguminosae.拉丁名Sophora tetraptera,豆科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Maori.