Koa Definition

kōə
noun
A tree (Acacia koa) in the pea family, native to Hawaii, having flowers arranged in axillary racemes and small sickle-shaped leaves.
American Heritage
A Hawaiian acacia tree (Acacia koa) valued for its wood, used in building and cabinetmaking, and its bark, used in tanning.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Koa

Noun

Singular:
koa
Plural:
koas

Origin of Koa

  • Hawaiian from Proto-Polynesian to'a ironwood tree

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hawaiian koa.

    From Wiktionary

Koa Sentence Examples

  • The koa (Acacia koa), from the wood of which the natives used to make the bodies of their canoes, and the only tree of the islands that furnishes much valuable lumber (a hard cabinet wood marketed as " Hawaiian mahogany "), forms extensive forests on Hawaii and Maui between elevations of 2000 and 4000 ft.

  • Acacia heterophylla, from Mauritius and Bourbon, and Acacia koa from the Sandwich Islands are also good timber trees.

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  • Wettest spots on earth a few heartbeats pond koa canoe.

  • The curved phyllodes resemble small sickles and are a distinctive feature of koa trees and can often be seen on trees at the roadside.

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Words Starting With

KKOKOA

Words Ending With

AOAKOA

Unscrambles

koa

Words Starting With K and Ending With A

Starts With K & Ends With AStarts With KO & Ends With AStarts With K & Ends With OA

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With K3 Letter Words Ending With A