kiawe

American  

[kee-ah-vey] / kiˈɑ veɪ /

noun

1. a thorny tree, Prosopis juliflora, of the legume family, native to South America and widely naturalized in Hawaii.

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Etymology

Origin of kiawe

From Hawaiian

Example Sentences

Try “Da Bag,” an inflated foil packet of seafood, kalua pork, and vegetables, or kiawe wood-grilled mahi-mahi.

From Washington Times • Feb. 29, 2016

Glenn, Sr., was in the Army, and their apartment was in an old military barracks tucked into a kiawe grove below Diamond Head Road.

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

Once ashore, the men scrambled up the cliffs barefoot, heedless of kiawe thorns.

From Time Magazine Archive