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manitoka S. Afr.|mænɪˈtəʊkə|
Also manotoka.
[Perhaps a name fabricated by the botanist P. Macowan.]
The South African name of a large shrub, Myoporum insulare, of the family Myoporaceæ, native to Australia and bearing small white flowers followed by edible blue berries.
1906F. Blersch Handbk. Agric. S. Afr. xiii. 267 Hedge shrubs and trees... Manotoka (Myoporum insulare). 1948H. V. Morton In Search of S. Afr. ii. 48 The old buildings and houses of former occupants..were standing roofless and deserted in a jungle of manitoka trees. 1956Cape Times 1 Mar. 8/6 The English myrtle hedge..is far more interesting, is greener and less likely to dry out. This can also be said of the manitoka and tecoma hedges. 1973M. Philip Caravan Caravel 19 A tarred road circled the middle of the thickly grassed park, and the caravans were standing in rows on four different levels, with hedges of fleshy, narrow-leaved manitokkas [sic] bushing out between the caravan sites. |