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Definition of kanuka in English: kanukanoun ˈkɑːnʊkə A small evergreen New Zealand tree with white flowers, yielding useful timber and products used in herbal medicine. Leptospermum ericoides, family Myrtaceae Example sentencesExamples - To imagine what Hanmer Springs would be like without the forest one could think of the Hanmer Plain as it once was - rather dull with just tussock, kanuka and flax.
- Under the kanuka trees young kawakawa, titoki and manamana are weaving a bright green cloak for the hills.
- East of the School of Forestry is what Peter terms a West Coast garden with rimu, kanuka, mountain beech, coprosma, nikau, wineberry, native fuchsia, pohutukawa, and ferns.
- He had come down and explained to the select committee that New Zealand was on the verge of developing a massive export market in manuka and kanuka products.
- There are large areas of native vegetation featuring kanuka, manuka, kohuhu, coprosmas and olearia species.
Origin Early 20th century: from Maori. |