| 释义 |
lehua|leɪˈhuːə|
[Hawaiian.]
An evergreen tree, Metrosideros collina, of the family Myrtaceæ, native to the Polynesian and Melanesian islands of the Pacific Ocean and bearing panicles of scarlet flowers; also called ohia or ohia lehua.
1888W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 125 M[etrosideros] polymorpha... The most generally prevailing tree on all Islands between 1500 and 6000 ft., usually gregarious. Nat[ive] name: ‘Ohia lehua’, or simply ‘lehua’... The wood is very hard, furnishes the best fuel, and is also used for building houses. 1917Nature 20 Sept. 57/2 Lehua, resembles, in the appearance of the trunk, our white oak, but bears beautiful clusters of scarlet flowers with long, protruding stamens. 1937D. & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders ix. 152 From the lehua trees the fragrance hung. 1965M. C. Neal In Gardens of Hawaii 637 The lehua, a favorite native Hawaiian tree, is the commonest kind..in some forests. |