manuka
noun/ˈmɑːnʊkə/
Etymology Borrowed from Māori mānuka.
1
Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" There was nothing to be seen but wave after wave of tussock grass - patched with purple orchids and manuka bushes covered with thick spider webs.
2
The wood of this plant.
- Synonyms
- New Zealand tea tree, tea tree
- Derived terms
- manuka honey