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kowhai::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sophora tetraptera |
| Type of | tree |
Examples of kowhai
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There are kowhai trees, tui, plenty of places to stop and paddle and feed the ducks.
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Kowhai Intermediate School is a block away from Eden Park and will be closed that day.
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Kowhai were planted about 3m apart and at least nine kowhai were to be planted in each grove.
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Moira and Andrew Sainsbury with their native kowhai after the citizenship ceremony in Alexandra.
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It is lined with loads of native trees like puriri and kowhai.
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Kowhai decided to hop in the frame and roam around, eating it.
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The kowhai tree out the front of this Ponsonby house stopped flowering weeks ago and the moon is huge.
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We seek shelter from the sun on well-built paths which meander through cabbage trees, nikau palms, karaka, kowhai and coprosma.
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I helped him harvest flax, kumerahou and kowhai seeds from our Waitakere eco-sourced native garden at our environment centre in New Lynn.
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- Shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
- Kowhai are small, woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand. There are eight species, S. microphylla being the most common.
- A member of the pea family that grows as a small tree or shrub with yellow bell-shaped flowers. Many of New Zealand's native trees have small flowers, but the kowhai smothers itself with electric-yellow flowers much loved by nectar-feeding birds. ...
