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Mauka vs Manuka - What's the difference?

mauka | manuka |

As nouns the difference between mauka and manuka

is that mauka is the flowering andean root vegetable mirabilis expansa , which was important to the incas and which survives in cold, windy places several thousand meters above sea level while manuka is a shrub or small tree native to new zealand and southeast australia.

As an adverb mauka

is (hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.

mauka

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Adverb

(-)
  • (Hawaii) inland, towards the mountains.

    • See also

    * makai

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The flowering Andean root vegetable Mirabilis expansa , which was important to the Incas and which survives in cold, windy places several thousand meters above sea level.
  • One of the edible tuberous roots this plant produces.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    manuka

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia manuka)
  • A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia.
  • * 1912, , 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.
  • (uncountable) The wood of this plant.

    • Synonyms

    * Leptospermum scoparium * tea tree