manzanita
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- noun
- /ˌmæn.zəˈniː.tə/
- US
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manzanita
- In the coastal hills, you can find sprawling patches of manzanita with their smooth reddish bark.
- manzanita and oak
- manzanita thickets
- manzanita bark
Examples
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And this is a piece I got to make out of manzanita, a large piece that's owned locally.
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For Aaron, having been raised in Napa his whole life, it is here amongst the oaks, coyote bush, and manzanita that he is home.
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Manzanita plants need little water and care in coastal California.
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He crouches behind a stand of manzanita and looks down at the activity below.
Fiction book (1997) -
What would it take to plant a few madrone, ceanothus, manzanita, and oak?
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Most shrub manzanitas do well in the interior valleys.
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One California nursery currently allows customers to purchase Franciscan manzanitas online for $15.98 per bush.
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Native to the coastal mountains of Southern California, this solitary bee normally gathers pollen from manzanita but will pollinate blueberries.
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On Oct. 16, 2009, Dr. Daniel Gluesenkamp, a botanist who was then the director of Habitat Protection and Restoration for Audubon Canyon Ranch, noticed the manzanita when he was driving along Doyle Drive.
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The hiker rested under the shade of a tall manzanita tree, enjoying the cool breeze.
Synonyms
A small evergreen bush or tree with smooth red bark, twisting branches, pink drooping flowers, and red berries
A group of evergreen shrubs like manzanita and bearberry native to North America
Compounds
A shrub native to California that grows upright with open branches and soft, hairy young twigs
- Specialized
A small evergreen bush or tree with smooth red bark, twisting branches, pink drooping flowers, and red berries
A small California bush with pink or white flowers, red berries, and reddish bark
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word manzanita comes from Spanish words manzana ('apple') and the ending -ita ('little'). The plant has small, round red berries that look like tiny apples, so manzanita means 'little apple' and this image helps you remember the shrub.