kiawe
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kiawe
From Hawaiian
Example Sentences
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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
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