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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lehua¹

Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1885–90

Example Sentences

It was a good night, though I suspect that Lehua Alapai and the Mowbray sisters had at least as much fun as I did.

From The Daily Beast

Through the sea of green, lofty tree-ferns thrust their great delicate fronds, and the lehua flaunted its scarlet blossoms.

From Project Gutenberg

She had the same experience on Lehua, on Kiihau, and on the large island of Kauai.

From Project Gutenberg

Presently after he espied Lehua weeping, and was half in a mind to tell her all was well.

From Project Gutenberg

Kilikiliula fell on the side of the stream opposite to where the lehua-tree stood, and is said to have turned to stone.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg