matagourin.

Brit.

/matəˈɡʊəri/,

/matəˈɡaʊri/, U.S.

/ˌmædəˈɡʊri/,

/ˌmædəˈɡaʊri/, New Zealand English

/mɛdəˈɡæuri/,

/mɛdəˈɡuəri/

Forms: 1800s matagory, 1800s matakaru, 1800s matakura, 1800s matakuri, 1800s– matagauri, 1800s– matagory, 1800s– matagouri, 1900s– matagowri, 1900s– matagowrie, 1900s– matagowry, 1900s– matakauri, 1900s– matakoura, 1900s– matakouri, 1900s– matakowri.

Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori tūmatakuru.

Etymology: < Maori tūmatakuru tumata-kuru n., with loss of the first syllable.

New Zealand.

A thorny shrub of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou (family Rhamnaceae). Also called Irishman, wild Irishman, tumatakuru. Frequently attributive.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties

fingrigo1707

cockspura1726

thorny trefoil1760

narra1779

driedoring1824

wild Irishman1850

matagouric1857

tumata-kuru1859

Irishman1860

Jerusalem thorn1866

nabk1874

ilb1894

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [adjective] > of other thorn-trees

matagouric1857

c1857 in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) 19 Towards the Manuherikia only a few patches of matakaru, and a dark small-leaved shrub are to be met with.

1859 Otago Gaz. 22 Sept. 280 Much of it is encumbered with matakura scrub.

1892 W. McHutcheson Camp-life in Fiordland, N.Z. ii. 8 Trudging moodily along in Indian file through the matagouri scrub and tussock.

1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 39/1 Her [sc. an old ewe's] long wool became entangled in the thorns of a stunted matagory bush.

1939 C. Brasch in A. E. Currie Cent. Treas. Otago Verse (1949) 100 Alone on the parched rise, inhuman matagowry Dry-green and fibrous.

1972 M. Shadbolt Strangers & Journeys iii. 47 We heaped up rock over them, and hunted up some twisted old matagauri for a cross.

1991 Antiquity 65 780/1 Some Coprosmas, the matagouri (Discaria toumatou) and manuka..can reach 100 years.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matagouri
释义	matagourin. Brit. /matəˈɡʊəri/, /matəˈɡaʊri/, U.S. /ˌmædəˈɡʊri/, /ˌmædəˈɡaʊri/, New Zealand English /mɛdəˈɡæuri/, /mɛdəˈɡuəri/ Forms: 1800s matagory, 1800s matakaru, 1800s matakura, 1800s matakuri, 1800s– matagauri, 1800s– matagory, 1800s– matagouri, 1900s– matagowri, 1900s– matagowrie, 1900s– matagowry, 1900s– matakauri, 1900s– matakoura, 1900s– matakouri, 1900s– matakowri. Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori tūmatakuru. Etymology: < Maori tūmatakuru tumata-kuru n., with loss of the first syllable. New Zealand. A thorny shrub of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou (family Rhamnaceae). Also called Irishman, wild Irishman, tumatakuru. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > non-British varieties fingrigo1707 cockspura1726 thorny trefoil1760 narra1779 driedoring1824 wild Irishman1850 matagouric1857 tumata-kuru1859 Irishman1860 Jerusalem thorn1866 nabk1874 ilb1894 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [adjective] > of other thorn-trees matagouric1857 c1857 in J. H. Beattie Early Runholding in Otago (1947) 19 Towards the Manuherikia only a few patches of matakaru, and a dark small-leaved shrub are to be met with. 1859 Otago Gaz. 22 Sept. 280 Much of it is encumbered with matakura scrub. 1892 W. McHutcheson Camp-life in Fiordland, N.Z. ii. 8 Trudging moodily along in Indian file through the matagouri scrub and tussock. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 39/1 Her [sc. an old ewe's] long wool became entangled in the thorns of a stunted matagory bush. 1939 C. Brasch in A. E. Currie Cent. Treas. Otago Verse (1949) 100 Alone on the parched rise, inhuman matagowry Dry-green and fibrous. 1972 M. Shadbolt Strangers & Journeys iii. 47 We heaped up rock over them, and hunted up some twisted old matagauri for a cross. 1991 Antiquity 65 780/1 Some Coprosmas, the matagouri (Discaria toumatou) and manuka..can reach 100 years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1857
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