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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MATAGOURI

From Māori tumatakuru.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MATAGOURI

matagouri  [ˌmætəˈɡuːrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MATAGOURI

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Matagouri is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MATAGOURI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

matagouri

Discaria toumatou

Discaria toumatou, Matagouri, is a plant endemic to New Zealand. An alternative but disused name for the plant is Wild Irishman. The name matagouri is how speakers of English heard the South Island pronunciation of the Māori name "matakoura". Matagouri is a tangle branched, extremely thorny shrub or small tree up to five metres tall. It has small leathery leaves close to the thorns, which are only abundant in spring, or the shade. The flowers are tiny and white with no petals. It is most common in tussock grassland, stony areas and river beds. It is common in the eastern South Island, and found occasionally in the North Island south of the Waikato river. As with other Discaria species it fixes nitrogen from the atmosphere with the help of symbiotic bacteria of the Frankia genus in its roots. As a native plant it has complete protection on public conservation land and a degree of protection on private land under the Resource Management Act. In a notable case a 400 ha area of matagouri forest, including trees that may have been 150 years old, was illegally sprayed at the head of Lake Sumner in 2001.

Definition of matagouri in the English dictionary

The definition of matagouri in the dictionary is a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country Also called: wild Irishman, tumatakuru.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MATAGOURI


coorie
ˈkuːrɪ
courie
ˈkuːrɪ
goorie
ˈɡuːrɪ
goory
ˈɡuːrɪ
kuri
ˈkuːrɪ
Maiduguri
ˌmaɪdʊˈɡuːrɪ
Mercouri
mɜːˈkuːrɪ
oorie
ˈuːrɪ
puree
ˈpuːrɪ
stoury
ˈstuːrɪ
Yerwa-Maiduguri
ˈjɜːwəˌmaɪdʊˈɡuːrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MATAGOURI

mata-mata
Matabele
Matabeleland
matachin
matachina
Matadi
matador
matadora
matadore
matai
Matamoros
Matanzas
Matapan
matata
matatu
match
match day
match fitness
match play

WORDS THAT END LIKE MATAGOURI

Alpha Centauri
amphigouri
Centauri
Dioscuri
houri
Ibarruri
Jodhpuri
kauri
matsuri
mauri
Missouri
Nuri
Proxima Centauri
Puri
Tauri
thesauri
Thonburi
Ussuri
Venturi
Viipuri

Synonyms and antonyms of matagouri in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «matagouri» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MATAGOURI

Find out the translation of matagouri to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of matagouri from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «matagouri» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

matagouri
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

matagouri
570 millions of speakers

English

matagouri
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

matagouri
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

matagouri
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

matagouri
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Matagouri
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

matagouri
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Matagouri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Matagouri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

matagouri
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

matagouri
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

matagouri
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Matagouri
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

matagouri
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

matagouri
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मागागोरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Matagouri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Matagouri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Matagouri
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

matagouri
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

matagouri
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Matagouri
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

matagouri
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Matagouri
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Matagouri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of matagouri

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MATAGOURI»

The term «matagouri» is used very little and occupies the 184.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MATAGOURI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «matagouri» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «matagouri» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about matagouri

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATAGOURI»

Discover the use of matagouri in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to matagouri and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Matagouri and Other Pricks: The Journey to Aoraki-Mount Cook
It includes the thrills and spills of a nursing profession; the excitment of launching a new career as a writer and publisher; the challenges of running a guiding business; and also the story of 'The Old Mountaineers' Cafe, Bar, Restaurant ...
Mary Hobbs, 2010
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Currant seedlings and young plants are restricted to existing shrublands and isolated bushes, particularly of matagouri. Matagouri may grow rapidly on youthful fertile sites (Daly 1 969), but on older, less fertile soils that are less intensively ...
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Type locality: This is in the southwest limb of the Backyards Anticline between Elderberry and Matagouri Creeks (g.r. 796226), near a field referred to as the " Upper Charlie Free paddock". Charlie Free is reputed to have been an early fence ...
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
An unusual and unique feature of Zone 2 is the abundance of matagouri ( Discaria toumalou) pollen. Even pollen samples taken at the surface, close to or within stands of matagouri, have only trace levels of its pollen (Moar. 1970: Randall ...
5
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
Unimproved grassland Unimproved grassland and manuka scrub Unimproved grassland and matagouri scrub Unimproved grassland, matagouri scrub, and manuka Unimproved grassland and other scrub (fern, broom, gorse, Cassinia spp.) ...
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
'Common' as percentage cover Blackberry 1.18 Bracken 4.68 Tutu 1.34 Broom 1.21 Elder 0.27 Corse 1.94 Hawthorn 0.27 Himalaya honeysuckle 0.82 Kanuka/ manuka 2.30 Tree tutu 0.34 Matagouri 4.78 Sweet brier 1 .75 Tauhinu 1.84 ranged ...
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Off The Track
Knowing that I couldn't let my dogs down, I ploughed onward until, a quarter ofan hour later, Icrested a ridge and spied the dogs further up the face, crowded around a large patch of matagouri scrub. I climbed through waist-high snow grasstoa ...
Al Lester, 2008
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Vegetation of New Zealand
Its range largely coincides with matagouri, the plants being either dispersed among that species or forming impenetrable thorn scrub to 3 m tall in gullies and at the foot of terraces. Rabbits once kept briar seedlings in check, but when they ...
Peter Wardle, 1991
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
Otago, and Southland the highest percentage ground cover was recorded for matagouri although in the latter 2 provinces bracken was of similar abundance. In Marlborough, bracken and sweet brier were the main scrubweeds recorded.
10
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
(6) Matagouri honey (Table 8) Three samples are treated as matagouri although none were received under that name. One (H59) came from a commercial pack of vipers bugloss honey, a second (H78) was from an unknown source, and the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATAGOURI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term matagouri is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gloomy, disheveled Emma intimidates
Farther round a large gully bisects the face and I head on in, over its pleasant, almost flat floor, contending with rogue thickets of matagouri ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Top tips for fishing braided rivers
... because chunks of bank lying in the river channel break the current giving trout places to lie; sometimes simply a matagouri bush that's fallen ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
3
Lake Heron Station: Canterbury's spectacular back country
The seal has ended and we are bumping our way into an open basin of tussock and matagouri, edged by high, glaciated mountain ranges. «The Press, May 15»
4
Lake Coleridge Opening Weekend 2008
... for a difficult tramp around the hill where the poorly defined path was frequently blocked by dense thorny matagouri bushes and thick brush. «Southern Fishing & Boating, May 15»
5
Te Anau dairy conversion punt paying off
The hill country, which is a mix of developed, native tussock and matagouri, is a real contrast to the milking platform. The Kempthornes have ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
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Action Weekend: Tough competitors to twalk the Twalk over 24 hours
Matagouri, swamps, bluffs and making lasagne without tomatoes are just some of the challenges competitors will face at Twalk this weekend. «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
7
The secret world of porcini hunting in Christchurch
Langlands' favourite field mushrooms come from patches of grass among matagouri in the high country.. "They tend to have a very dark ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
8
Lake Evelyn Trout Spinning and Fly Fishing – Canterbury High …
However much of the shoreline is shielded by raupo, matagouri, and swamp; all of which can make for difficult casting with the fly and spinning ... «Southern Fishing & Boating, Apr 15»
9
Lake Selfe – is the most picturesque of the trout fishing lakes in the …
Lake Selfe has thick bush and Matagouri around much of its shoreline. This can be avoided by carefully wading a few metres out into the lake. «Southern Fishing & Boating, Apr 15»
10
Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards supreme title
Contour on the non-dairying area is rolling to steep, and the hill-country is a mix of developed land and native tussock and matagouri. Poplar ... «Scoop.co.nz, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Matagouri [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/matagouri>. Apr 2024 ».
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