Definition of "manuka" in английский

noun

1. Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.

   • 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" There was nothing to be seen but wave after wave of tussock grass - patched with purple orchids and manuka bushes covered with thick spider webs.

2. (uncountable) The wood of this plant.