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manzanita
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun manzanita has 2 senses
- manzanita(n = noun.plant) Array - chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America; Array is a member of arctostaphylos, genus arctostaphylos
- manzanita(n = noun.plant) arbutus menziesii, madrona, madrono - evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning; Array is a kind of arbutus
has particulars: arctostaphylos andersonii, heartleaf manzanita, arctostaphylos manzanita, parry manzanita, arctostaphylos tomentosa, downy manzanita, woolly manzanita
is a kind of bush, shrub
CIDE DICTIONARY
manzanita, n. [Sp., dim. of manzana an apple.].
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos , but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos pungens , shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
manzanita, n. any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, esp. A. manzanita, native to California.
Etymology
Sp., dimin. of manzana apple
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