lehua

plural lehuas

1. The flower or wood of a Polynesian tree (Metrosideros collina); the tree itself.

   Here were the three tents overshadowed by the great lehuas, still brilliant with their cardinal blossoms.

   1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165

   2 more examples

   The outlandishness of the capers in this first season might surprise viewers who remember “Hawaii Five-0” as “Dragnet” with lehua blossoms.

   2007 April 29, Greg Evans, “‘Dragnet’ With Leis, and the Occasional Ghost”, in New York Times

   After breakfast, she looked forward to the bouquet of red lehua blossoms and other flowers brought to her every day.

   2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 222