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lehua
[ ley-hoo-ah ]
/ leɪˈhu ɑ /
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noun
Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.
the bright-red, corymbose flower of this tree.
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Origin of lehua
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1885–90
Words nearby lehua
Lehigh, Lehman, Lehmann, Lehmbruck, lehr, lehua, lei, Leibnitz, Leibnitz's law, Leibnitz's rule, Leibniz
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