单词 | manuka |
释义 | manukan. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1902 W. S. Walker Zealandia's Guerdon 57 ‘Manuka’ 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). < n.1832 |
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