lehua

lehua
noun Etymology: Hawaiian Date: 1888 a common very showy chiefly Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collinus) of the myrtle family having bright red flowers and a hard wood; also its flower

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  • Lehua — is a small, crescent shaped island only 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north of Niokinaihau. The uninhabited, 284 acre (1.15 km²) island is a tuff cone that is part of the extinct Niokinaihau volcano.Lehua Island is a Hawaiokinai State Seabird Sanctuary. As… …   Wikipedia

  • lehua — [lā ho͞o′ä] n. [Haw] 1. a tropical tree (Metrosideros collina) of the myrtle family, with clusters of bright red flowers and hard, durable wood: it grows in Hawaii and other Pacific islands 2. its wood 3. its flower …   English World dictionary

  • Lehua — Para el árbol hawaiano ‘ōhi‘a lehua, ir a Metrosideros. Lehua es una pequeña isla, con forma de medialuna a sólo 1,1 km (0,7 millas) al norte de Niihau. La isla, deshabitada, ocupa 284 acres (1,15 km²) y es una toba volcánica que forma parte del… …   Wikipedia Español

  • lehua —   1. Flower of Hawai i. Lehua.    ♦ Scarlet lehua, twisted by fire (UL 88), lehua ula, i wili ia e ke ahi.    ♦ Great Kaua i, island of lehua (FS 75), O Kaua i nui moku lehua (warriors).   2. (Cap.) Island west of Ni ihau.   Lehua. Epithet: sun… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Lehua — Original name in latin Lehua Name in other language Lehua, Lehua Zhen, Lehuajie, le hua, le hua zhen State code CN Continent/City Asia/Shanghai longitude 28.82105 latitude 115.86489 altitude 29 Population 0 Date 2012 01 19 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • lehua — /lay hooh ah/, n. 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. [1885 90; < Hawaiian] * * * …   Universalium

  • lehua — lāˈhüə noun ( s) Etymology: Hawaiian 1. : a common very showy tree (Metrosideros villosa) of the Pacific islands having bright red corymbose flowers and a hard wood 2. : the blossom of the lehua …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lehua Sandbo — Lehua Sandbo, de son vrai nom Lehualani Ehukai Nahina, née le 7 février 1983 à Haleiwa, Hawaii, États Unis, est une chanteuse et modèle américaine, intégrée au sein du groupe Coconuts Musume du Hello! Project au Japon en janvier 2000. Elle… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Lehua (Begriffsklärung) — Lehua (Hawaiisch) steht für: Lehua, eine Insel im Hawaiʻi Archipel ein traditionelles Häuptlingstum, das die Insel Lehua und den Norden der Insel Niihau umfasst die Blüte des ʻŌhiʻa Baumes (Metrosideros macropus, M. collina subsp. polymorpha)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Lehua Sandbo — Infobox musical artist | Name = Lehua Sandbo Background = solo singer Birth name = Lehualani Ehukai Sandbo Alias = Born = Birth date and age|1983|2|7 Died = Origin = Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States Genre = Japanese pop Occupation = Singer Years… …   Wikipedia

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