noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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mä'no͝okə
/ˈmɑːnʊkə/
1
noun
Meaning 1
Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The wood of this plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori mānuka.
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Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
