Sophora tetraptera

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sophora tetraptera
    n 1: shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having
         pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields
         a hard strong wood [syn: {kowhai}, {Sophora tetraptera}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

kowhai \kowhai\ n.
   A shrub or small tree ({Sophora tetraptera}) of New Zealand
   and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow
   flowers; it yields a hard strong wood.

   Syn: {Sophora tetraptera}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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