kaya
1 Americannoun
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an evergreen tree, Torreya nucifera, native to Japan and South Korea, cultivated for its wood and seeds.
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the wood harvested from this tree.
noun
Example Sentences
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“We use this as a filling for our kaya buns, a laminated pastry that has been known to convert even alleged coconut haters,” she says.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025
He would seek out ingredients he couldn’t track down elsewhere, like shrimp paste, kaya, a “really yummy” coconut jam that he likes to spread on toast, and specific types of soy sauce.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2022
Please don’t miss the less ostentatious kaya toast, a buttery grilled sandwich filled with a thick, sweet pandan-tinted coconut jam that the cooks make themselves.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2018
After a red-eye from India, we dashed out for a Singaporean breakfast of kaya toast and then retreated to the hotel for a few hours of repose before rejoining the living later that day.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2016
Tuzzadeen pushed on, and returned presently with an invitation from the chief—the Orang kaya, as his title goes.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick
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