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rata.

Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros.

    countable · usually

  2. The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros.

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

] From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”).

noun

  1. yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis), a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.

Where this word comes from

Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”).

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