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kiawe

kiawe noun: prosopis pallida, a species of mesquite tree.

Noun

kiawe (plural kiawes)

  1. Prosopis pallida, a species of mesquite tree.
    • Some kiawes have no thorns but usually the youngest branches of the tree have thorns, which are bad for barefoot Island children.1996, Peggy Hickok Hodge, Gardening in Hawaii, page 80
    • Take time to look around at the dawning light that casts lovely shadows on the rock and the gnarly kiawe (a relative of mesquite) trees that line the dry canyon walls.2009 August 20, Jim Byers, “The summit of Hawaiian beauty”, in Toronto Star

Forms of kiawe

pluralkiawes
alternative formkeawe

Origin of kiawe

From Hawaiian kiawe.

Questions about kiawe

What does kiawe mean?
Kiawe means prosopis pallida, a species of mesquite tree.
What part of speech is kiawe?
Kiawe is a noun.
What is the plural of kiawe?
The plural of kiawe is kiawes.

Words near kiawe in the dictionary

  1. Kiato
  2. Kiaton
  3. Kiavah
  4. Kiawah
  5. Kiawahs
  6. kiawe
  7. kiawes
  8. Kiayi
  9. Kib
  10. kibab
  11. kibabs

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