Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tree (Acacia koa) in the pea family, native to Hawaii, having flowers arranged in axillary racemes and small sickle-shaped leaves.
- noun The light-to-dark brown or reddish wood of this tree, used for furniture, crafts, cabinetry, and musical instruments.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common and very valuable forest-tree of the Sandwich Islands, Acacia Koa.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Acacia koa, a species of large tree in the family
Fabaceae which is endemic to and common on the islands ofHawaii ; or the wood of this tree.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, there were several talks on other “exotic” organisms such as koa birds, kangaroos and tuatara lizards.
Lord of the Drinks: The Fellowship of the Rental Car - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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The path followed by the Har'koa's Kitten during the quest, "I Sense a Disturbance" has been improved.
MacUpdate - Mac OS X 2009
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The girls were huddled in colored groups on wide couches or garlanded in twos and threes on and in the big koa-wood chairs.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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We had a tom in full strut on a dead koa limb 80 yards in front of us that put on a show!
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"The golden koa, the king of woods," Mercedes was crooning over the instrument.
CHAPTER III 2010
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THE LOWDOWN: Motoring the American West Where to Stay: We found the nearest campgrounds with RV hookups by searching the KOA website koa.com ; KOA provided reliable accommodations for most of our outdoor layovers.
Everyone in the RV, It's Road-Trip Time! Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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We had a tom in full strut on a dead koa limb 80 yards in front of us that put on a show!
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Rehefa latsaka anaty haizina ny arabe sy ny avenues, tsy misy asany koa ny jiro fandrindràana [...] 7 September 2009, 12: 23 pm
Global Voices in English » Dominican Republic: Solving the Issue of Power Outages 2009
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At one time, the area had been a thick forest of prized Acacia koa trees.
Poetry in the Palms Julia Flynn Siler 2011
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Raha halalinina ny fandikana ny herisetra eo amin'ny Oigoro sy ny Sinoa Han any Ürümqi ary raha jerena koa fa i Mongolia [...] 22 September 2009, 3: 57 am
Global Voices in English » China: Are syringe attacks terrorism? 2009
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