manzanita
Americannoun
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manzanitas
plural
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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.
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the fruit of one of these shrubs.
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Origin of manzanita
1840–50, < Spanish, diminutive of manzana apple; see manchineel
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A dwarf lemon is flourishing nearby, next to large containers holding rosemary, a Mexican lime tree and a small manzanita.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Last week, I visited Eaton Canyon and observed the blackened manzanita and other chaparral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
On the slopes, manzanita bushes and blades of grass were poking through patches of what little snow had landed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
A grapevine, manzanita or eucalyptus wreath makes a year-round framework for temporal additions like holly sprigs in December, followed by forsythia or pussy willows in March.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
In the afternoon heat they snooze in the dusty dirt beneath that tangle of manzanita trees.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Bohl and her husband removed the lawn and laid 2 inches of river rock approximately 3/4 to 1-inch wide, planting with agaves, manzanitas and yuccas.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
Ceanothus blooms also don’t last much longer than a day once they’re cut, and manzanitas, large shrubs with reddish limbs and dainty bell-shaped flowers, “are just too precious” to potentially damage by cutting, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
They later returned to find their 1,500-plant pollinator garden incinerated and the massive, ancient manzanitas atop the mountain gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2023
Redwoods, madrones and manzanitas will be replanted, Mr. Rivail said, but not eucalyptuses, which he called “tinder boxes with oils.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Again we climbed a ridge, this time riding under red-limbed madronos and manzanitas of deeper red.
From The Iron Heel by Jack London
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