2. Noun. The wood of this plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manuka
1. a New Zealand tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manuka
Literary usage of Manuka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure in New Zealand by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1845)
"It had the advantage of being on a dry bed of shingle, and was protected from
the weather by a wooden railing filled in with bunches of the manuka. ..."
2. The Building Materials of Otago and South New Zealand Generally by William Newsham Blair (1879)
"manuka AND RATA. These trees belong to different branches of the Myrtle family
... manuka—Leptospermum scoparium. This is the variety known as white manuka, ..."
3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1880)
"... Cardrona Valley—Pembroke—New Zealand Names—Lakes Wakatipu and Wanaka—The
Matukituki and Makarora Rivera—Craigie Burn—Wilkin Valley—Pigeon or manuka ..."
4. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"Maula, a species of tree, a stone fruit, maula; size of manuka; white wood ; ira • ya
... manuka ..."
5. Round the round world on a Church mission by George Edward Mason (1892)
"The Wairoa stream rushes noisily down a sloping valley through wildernesses of
the white, heath-like manuka myrtle, where the cock pheasants crow morning ..."
6. New Zealand Forestry by David Ernest Hutchins (1919)
"Tea-tree, or manuka. Encourage the growth of Tea-tree (Leptospermum ericoides and L.
scoparium) wherever this is abundant near old Kauri trees. ..."
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