lehua

[ ley-hoo-ah ]

noun
  1. Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.

  2. the bright-red, corymbose flower of this tree.

Origin of lehua

1
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1885–90

Words Nearby lehua

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How to use lehua in a sentence

  • I looked through a screen of banana and lehua trees, and down across the guava scrub to the quiet sea a thousand feet beneath.

    The House of Pride | Jack London