The story
- Māori · derived fromkōwhai“yellow”
- English todaykowhai
From Māori kōwhai (“yellow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kowhai
Today it means: Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand. Full definition →
Māori kōwhai