Etymology

manuka

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Today it means: Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia. Full definition →

Māori mānuka
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The story

  1. Māori · borrowed frommānuka
  2. Māori · borrowed frommānuka
  3. English todaymanuka

Borrowed from Māori mānuka.

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