manuka
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ˈmɑːnʊkə/
Definition of manuka
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)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.”
- (uncountable)The wood of this plant.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Māori mānuka.
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