manuka

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑːnʊkə/

Definition of manuka

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (uncountable)The wood of this plant.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Māori mānuka.

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