manuka
noun (also mānuka, Manuka, Mānuka) uk/məˈnuː.kə/ /ˈmɑː.nə.kə/ us/məˈnuː.kə/ /ˈmɑː.nə.kə/
[ U ] (also manuka honey)（产于新西兰的）麦卢卡蜂蜜
a type of honey that is believed to be good for your health, made by bees that feed on the flowers of the manuka plant
Many of the claims for manuka's health-giving properties are not supported by evidence.
He began researching manuka honey, and has led the way in the study of honey as a medicine.
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- New Zealand's scrubby mānuka trees with their creamy blossoms used to be chopped down by farmers who considered them worthless.
- You can walk through beech and manuka forest to Mistletoe Bay.
- This is one of the city's hippest restaurants, where you can breakfast on toasted sourdough with Manuka honey.
- He claims there is reasonable lab evidence for manuka honey's antibacterial effect.
- He uses a particular variety of honey known as manuka.
- Mānuka honey is produced from the nectar of the mānuka tree.