kanuka · noun — kunzea ericoides, the white tea tree of Australia and New Zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Māori kānuka.
noun
- Kunzea ericoides, the white tea tree of Australia and New Zealand, which can grow at high altitudes and in close proximity to geothermal features such as fumaroles.
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Words closest in meaning
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- manuka 70% match — Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia. vs kanuka →
- kohuhu 59% match — Pittosporum tenuifolium, a small evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. vs kanuka →
- pukatea 59% match — Laurelia novae-zelandiae, a tree of New Zealand. vs kanuka →
- kamahi 57% match — A New Zealand tree Weinmannia racemosa vs kanuka →
- whau 56% match — Entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. vs kanuka →
- pukanui 55% match — Synonym of puka (“Meryta sinclairii”). vs kanuka →
- kawaka 55% match — A New Zealand tree, Libocedrus plumosa. vs kanuka →
- akatea 54% match — Any of various species of white-flowering climbing vine from New Zealand, in the genus Metrosideros. vs kanuka →