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lehua

/ley-hoo-ah/US // leɪˈhu ɑ //

乐华,勒华,乐华公司

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called ohia lehua. a tree, Metrosideros villosa, of the Hawaiian islands, yielding a hard wood.
    • : the bright-red, corymbose flower of this tree.

Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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