1. (noun) red mānuka, tea-tree, Leptospermum scoparium - a common native scrub bush with aromatic, prickly leaves and many small, white, pink or red flowers.
He iti te mokoroa nāna i kakati te kahikātoa (TP 1/1904:4). / Although the mokoroa is small it attacks red mānuka.
See also mānuka
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