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