lehua
See also: Lehua
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editlehua (plural lehuas)
- The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself.
- 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165:
- Here were the three tents overshadowed by the great lehuas, still brilliant with their cardinal blossoms.
- 2007 April 29, Greg Evans, “‘Dragnet’ With Leis, and the Occasional Ghost”, in New York Times[1]:
- The outlandishness of the capers in this first season might surprise viewers who remember “Hawaii Five-0” as “Dragnet” with lehua blossoms.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 222:
- After breakfast, she looked forward to the bouquet of red lehua blossoms and other flowers brought to her every day.