manuka honey

noun

1. honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.

Example Sentences

We spent a few hours wandering around Langley with an excellent smoothie in hand from Tonic Juice & Remedy, a pocket-size shop that’s stuffed to the gills with all sorts of sundries, from incense and essential oils to manuka honey, mushroom chocolate, herbs, alters, salts and more.

From Seattle Times

Customers are also demanding proof that expensive, high-end products — like conflict-free diamonds, organic cotton, sushi-grade tuna or Manuka honey — are genuine, and produced in ethically and environmentally sustainable ways.

From New York Times

However, I’ve heard that manuka honey is really better for wound healing.

From Seattle Times

You may mock his belief that the power of positive thinking can turn polluted water clean, but it is what makes him tick, and why he has said he starts the day with a glass of warm water and two spoonfuls of manuka honey.

From BBC

Bloch, who left a career in media to start her company, was inspired by the healing properties of manuka honey, a rare variety that contains uniquely high levels of the antibacterial compound methylglyoxal and is produced exclusively by bees that pollinate the manuka tree, a fragrant shrub that grows only in New Zealand and parts of Australia.

From New York Times