manzanita

man·za·ni·ta  (mnz-nt)

n.

Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos of the Pacific coast of North America, especially A. manzanita, bearing white or pink flowers in drooping panicles and producing red berrylike drupes.

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[Spanish, diminutive of manzana, apple; see manchineel.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	manzanita - chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America Arctostaphylos, genus Arctostaphylos - bearberry; manzanita Arctostaphylos andersonii, heartleaf manzanita - erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped lobes at the base Arctostaphylos manzanita, Parry manzanita - erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red berrylike drupes; California Arctostaphylos tomentosa, downy manzanita, woolly manzanita - erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	manzanita - 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 Arbutus menziesii, madrona, madrono arbutus - any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America