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kaya

¹ American  

[ka-ya] / ˈka ja /

noun

1. an evergreen tree, Torreya nucifera, native to Japan and South Korea, cultivated for its wood and seeds.

2. the wood harvested from this tree.

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kaya ² American  

[kahy-uh] / ˈkaɪ ə /

noun

1. a jam made from eggs, palm sugar, and coconut milk, often flavored with pandan leaves: common in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

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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

After pandemic restrictions closed his eatery, Sielegar pivoted in July to producing sweet kaya jams featuring purple ube, golden palm sugar and green pandan.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2021

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

He bestowed on Captain Best, who was the bearer of them, the title of orang kaya putih, and entertained him with the fighting of elephants, buffaloes, rams, and tigers.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William