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manuka scrubnoun [mass noun]Scrubland consisting of stunted manuka trees: the plot of land was a wilderness of gorse and manuka scrub...- Thriving manuka scrub has hosted up to 2000 beehives, producing up to 56 tonnes of valuable honey a season; beef cattle also do well on the steep, scrubby country.
- Auckland's humble beginning is further underlined by the fact that Shortland St in 1841 was no more than a narrow muddy track walled on either side by manuka scrub more than 2 metres high.
- There followed the destruction of manuka scrub to develop more farmland.
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