英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kəʊə/

名詞

koa (plural koas or koa)

1. A large tree of species Acacia koa (family Fabaceae) which is endemic to and common on the islands of Hawaii; or the wood of this tree.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 59:

     As you get higher, native vegetation takes over, so a prospect might be framed by the dangling leaves of the beautiful koa tree, each leaf a gently curved, trembling sickle.

   • 2007 March 18, Anne Eisenberg, “How to Soften the Edges of Technology”, in New York Times‎:

     The outer frame is made of koa and maple.

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 122:

     At her funeral, Likelike's body was placed in a polished koa coffin, adorned with sprays of gardenia […].

派生語

• koa finch
• koa wilt

参考

• koa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, Oka, oak, oka