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单词 manuka
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manukan.

Brit. /məˈnuːkə/, /ˈmɑːnəkə/, U.S. /məˈnukə/, /ˈmɑnəkə/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌːnukʌ/, /ˈmʌːnəkə/, /məˈnuːkə/
Forms: 1800s manook, 1800s manouka, 1800s manuca, 1800s manukau, 1800s menuka, 1800s minuka, 1800s– manuka. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori mānuka.
Etymology: < Maori mānuka, denoting both red manuka and white manuka (the latter is also called mānuka rauriki).
New Zealand.
Either of two evergreen Australasian shrubs or small trees of the family Myrtaceae, with very hard, dark, close-grained wood and with leaves which are sometimes used as a substitute for tea: (a) (more fully red manuka) Leptospermum scoparium, with reddish wood, found in Australia as well as New Zealand (also called red tea tree); (b) (more fully white manuka) Kunzea ericoides, with small white flowers, endemic to New Zealand (also called kanuka, white tea tree). Also: the wood of such a plant; scrub composed of such plants. Frequently attributive.
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the world > food and drink > drink > tea manufacture > [noun] > tea substitutes
Indian tea1709
Appalachian tea1728
Arabian tea1728
Carolina tea1728
golden rod tea1728
Paraguay1728
South Sea tea1728
sweet tea1728
Oswego tea1752
false tea1760
New Jersey tea1760
Labrador tea1767
mountain tea1785
manuka1832
Abyssinian tea1866
Brazil tea1866
Hudson's Bay tea1948
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun]
myrt?a1200
myrt-treea1382
mirtusc1384
myrtine?a1450
myrtle tree1548
myrtle1562
nerte1585
Australian tea1728
Bencoolen tea1728
New Zealand tea1728
Scotch gale1795
Callistemon1814
manuka1832
myrtal1846
mangrove-myrtle1847
swamp tea tree1862
lid-flower1866
Barringtonia1871
tea-broom1872
kanuka1906
myrtle-of-the-river1919
1832 London Med. Gaz. 18 Feb. 750/1 This tree..is probably a species of Leptospermum. It is found abundantly at New Zealand,..and is named Kaeta~towa, or Manuka, by the natives.
1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. 258 This wood, called by the southern tribes Mánuka, is remarkably hard and durable.
1875 S. Wood & H. Lapham Waiting for Mail 38 A bit of deal board, fastened on a Manuka pole.
1877 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1876 9 144 This is the variety known as white manuka.
1877 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1876 9 174 Red manuka.
1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. 195 The Manuka or Manukau..is the ‘ti-tree’ of settlers.
1921 D. Tannock Man. Gardening in N.Z. 135 The popularity of native plants has increased greatly since the red manuka (Leptospermum Nichollsii) received the gold medal..at the International Horticultural Exhibition..a few years ago.
1959 Tararua 13 47 We may find on the topographical maps such New Zealand terms as..‘teatree’ in Auckland, ‘manuka’ further south.
1960 New Scientist 4 Aug. 330/1 Sheep farmers were beginning to get worried by manuka, which showed signs of investing large tracts of country. And then, suddenly the coccid appeared and started to destroy the weed.
1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 211 Fish would snap at the red manuka lure, he'd let Hemi haul them to the side of the dory and then he'd club them.

Compounds

manuka honey n. a dark honey from the nectar of manuka flowers, esp. that from the flowers of the white manuka, reputed to have special medicinal or health-promoting qualities.
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1902 W. S. Walker Zealandia's Guerdon 57Manuka’ and eucalyptus honey.
1934 ‘R. Hyde’ Journalese 110 Manuka honey..dark, sweet,..is the best of all.
2001 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 16/2 Aloe vera gel and Manuka honey have also been shown to promote healing of chronic leg ulcers when applied directly.
2018 L. McCoy Personal email 25 Feb. (O.E.D. Archive) Today I found some lanolin with NZ manuka honey. I smeared that on.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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