koan.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊə/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊə/

Etymology: < Hawaiian.

A species of Acacia, a forest tree of the Hawaiian Islands yielding a beautiful dark wood used in building and cabinet-work, and a bark employed in tanning. Also attributive.

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kou1825

koa1850

1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors ii. 39 Overgrown with huge roots of the Kamani and Koa trees.

1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 270 Koa, a kind of Hawaiian mahogany.

1887 Science 10 115 The remarkable boards of koa-wood,..standing on which they rode through the surf.

1954 J. Sheridan in J. Macdonald Lethal Sex (1962) 181 Four men carried the pigs on huge koa platters carved with supporting feet.

1965 N.Z. Listener 17 Dec. 4/2 The commoners [in Hawaii] were permitted only the heavier and less buoyant Koa boards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	koa
释义	koan. Brit. /ˈkəʊə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊə/ Etymology: < Hawaiian. A species of Acacia, a forest tree of the Hawaiian Islands yielding a beautiful dark wood used in building and cabinet-work, and a bark employed in tanning. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Hawaiian kou1825 koa1850 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors ii. 39 Overgrown with huge roots of the Kamani and Koa trees. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 270 Koa, a kind of Hawaiian mahogany. 1887 Science 10 115 The remarkable boards of koa-wood,..standing on which they rode through the surf. 1954 J. Sheridan in J. Macdonald Lethal Sex (1962) 181 Four men carried the pigs on huge koa platters carved with supporting feet. 1965 N.Z. Listener 17 Dec. 4/2 The commoners [in Hawaii] were permitted only the heavier and less buoyant Koa boards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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