Definition/Meaning of rata

• English - Noun: rata (usually uncountable, plural ratas) (countable, usually) Any of various New Zealand plant s of the genus Metrosideros . (uncountable, usually) The hard dark red wood of trees of genus Metrosideros . rata (plural ratas) yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis), a tree native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and India.
• English - External links: Metrosideros on Wikipedia . en .Wikipedia:Metrosideros Mangosteen on Wikipedia . en .Wikipedia:Mangosteen Metrosideros on Wikispecies . Wikispecies: Metrosideros Garcinia on Wikispecies . Wikispecies: Garcinia
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. ] From Māori rātā or cognate Tahitian rātā (“tree of genus Metrosideros ”). Compare Tahitian puarātā (“Metrosideros collina”). Etymology 2. Compare Sinhalese රට ගොරකා (raṭa gorakā, “Garcinia xanthochymus”), Marathi रातंबी (rātambī, “Garcinia indica”).
• English - Synonyms: Claudie mangosteen eggtree
• Catalan - Noun: rata f ( plural rates ) rat Derived terms ratador ratadura ratar ratat