单词 | lehua |
释义 | lehuan. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > evergreens pine1788 angophora1804 ohia1815 pate1832 pohutukawa1832 Moreton Bay chestnut1836 Olearia1839 horopito1847 ramarama1848 matipo1853 white pine1856 musk tree1866 manoao1867 patete1867 puka1867 rangiora1867 tawhiri1872 tarata1876 lemon-wood1879 Otago ivy-tree1883 horizontal1888 lehua1888 inanga1889 mountain pine1889 puka1889 Queensland kauri1889 sheep-bush1889 wilga1889 mutton-bird tree1891 tree-daisy1926 1888 W. 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. 1917 Nature 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. 1937 D. Teilhet & H. Teilhet Feather Cloak Murders ix. 152 From the lehua trees the fragrance hung. 1965 M. C. Neal In Gardens of Hawaii 637 The lehua, a favorite native Hawaiian tree, is the commonest kind..in some forests. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1888 |
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