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kawao.

A climbing plant whose bark is extracted to produce a juice that prevents the souring of sugar palm sap inside a bamboo tube; Millettia sericea

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A climbing plant whose bark is extracted to produce a juice that prevents the souring of sugar palm sap inside a bamboo tube; Millettia sericea

    regional
Where this word comes from

From Sundanese kawao.

noun
  1. basket used to hold roosters for baiting male partridges.

Where this word comes from

From Pamona kawao.

noun
  1. A colossal octopus that suddenly appears around ships and endangers them.

    regional
Where this word comes from

From Mandar kawao.

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