| 释义 |
kanuka N.Z.|ˈkɑːnʊka|
[Maori.]
A small, white-flowered, evergreen tree, Leptospermum ericoides; also called white tea-tree.
1906T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 161 L[eptospermum] ericoides... Abundant from the North Cape to the Bluff... Kanuka; Maru. 1929W. Martin N.Z. Nature Bk. II. 84 The endemic Kanuka or Tea-tree..is restricted to low levels. 1963Weekly News (Auckland) 26 June 28 (caption) Kanuka plants being lined out in rows in the outdoor section of the nursery. 1966Ibid. 1 June 16/3 Smoke is drifting, blue and hazy, through the kanukas above the campfire. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 406/2 Kanuka grows into a small tree up to 40 or more feet high. |