manzanita
Americannoun
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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.
Etymology
Origin of manzanita
1840–50, < Spanish, diminutive of manzana apple; see manchineel
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Manzanita and mountain whitethorn — chaparral typical at lower elevations in California — take root in ashes and can dominate the forest.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
On a Tuesday morning in the fall of 1998, I waited in line at a polling precinct at Manzanita Park in Anaheim.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
Those seeds that aren’t eaten propagate into new shrubs and bushes such as Manzanita, contributing to the health of the chaparral and open space preserve.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2023
She was 9 years old and lived just up the road from the Manzanita property.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2022
As a boy Roger had idled away his summers rowing lazily about in Manzanita Bay, a lovely blue cove lying in the lee of the Olympic Mountains.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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