manuka
/ˈmɑːnʊkə/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
purple
MANUKA + NOUN
blossoms, bushes, honey, tree
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1
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
The wood of this plant.
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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 cover
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Manuka honey is a monofloral honey which is made from the nectar of Manuka tree blossoms.
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