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What is a pohutukawa?

What is a pohutukawa? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Metrosideros excelsa, a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, producing a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens.
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In the summer the pohutukawa trees are full of red flowers and the light shines hurtingly bright on the flax.
Sometimes this pohutukawa is also called the Christmas tree, from the bright red blossom that flowers at Christmas.
From Thames follow the coastal road, overhung by native pohutukawa trees, to historic Coromandel Township.
The first Labour government, which presided over our centennial celebrations, saw the planting of many a kauri or pohutukawa.
You ll be able to pick out the whales at Kaikoura, the Beehive, the pohutukawa blossom and the fern, among others.
Editorials were written about the wisdom of planting another imported pine over a native pohutukawa.

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