manzanita

[ man-zuh-nee-tuh ]

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noun

any of several western North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.
the fruit of one of these shrubs.

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1840–50, Americanism; < Spanish, diminutive of manzana apple; manchineel

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Linking ribbons of snow, they side-skied over thick manzanita.

All this coddling from specialists means the plant no longer really counts as a manzanita living on its own.

Native plant activists didn’t protest to save the manzanita.

The manzanita extinction story, though, has had a happy twist.

The scarlet calico canopy was again set up over the bed, and the woven cradle, on its red manzanita frame, stood near.

The manzanita is another pretty bush, with pink bells that ripen to small scarlet apples in the fall.

The slope inclined at a steep angle and was one long slide of bits of yellow stone with many bunches of scrub oak and manzanita.

The hollows of this exceedingly rough country were thick with pine and oak, the ridges covered with cedar, juniper, and manzanita.

All the way down the rocky trail the bunch grass and wild oak and manzanita were so thick that I had to crush my way through.

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