pohutukawa

British  

/ pəˌhuːtəˈkɑːwə /

noun

1. a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood

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Etymology

Origin of pohutukawa

from Māori

Example Sentences

But Kiwis also celebrate in an antipodean manner, with barbeques on beaches fringed by the native pohutukawa tree, which blooms only at Christmas.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2021

Ringed by golden beaches and temperate Pacific seas, Kaitaia is unconscionably pretty, dotted with flaming red pohutukawa trees and blessed by year-round blue skies.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2017

On the western slopes of Albert Park next to the Auckland Art Gallery, the ancient pohutukawa trees are readying their Christmas blooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

There they see a mass of sea-weed floating on the water, its roots hidden in the depth, its upper branches clinging to a pohutukawa tree.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Frazer, James George, Sir

At a short distance inland, and especially bordering salt-water inlets, the traveller is surprised and charmed by groups of the pohutukawa, a tree thus named by the Maoris.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray