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kowhai

/ˈkoʊfaɪ/

kowhai noun: any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.

Noun

kowhai (plural kowhais)

  1. Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.

kowhai meaning in Bengali

kowhai in Bengali

নিউজিল্যান্ডের জাতীয় ফুল

Forms of kowhai

pluralkowhais

Origin of kowhai

From Māori kōwhai (“yellow”).

Questions about kowhai

What does kowhai mean?
Kowhai means any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.
What is kowhai in Bengali?
Kowhai in Bengali is নিউজিল্যান্ডের জাতীয় ফুল. See Kowhai meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is kowhai?
Kowhai is a noun.
How do you pronounce kowhai?
Kowhai is pronounced /ˈkoʊfaɪ/.
What is the plural of kowhai?
The plural of kowhai is kowhais.

Words near kowhai in the dictionary

  1. kowan
  2. kowans
  3. kowari
  4. kowaris
  5. Kowarski syndrome
  6. kowhai
  7. kowhais
  8. Kowitz
  9. Kowitzes
  10. kowl
  11. kowliang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kowhai (page history and authors); kowhai (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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