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Manzanita

noun

Chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America.

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. Synonyms: Arbutus menziesii, madrona, madrono.

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"Manzanita" Quotes from Famous Books

... magnificent redwood forests on the coast, fed by the fogs of the Pacific, its ancient sunlit woods of oak and madrono and manzanita, its mountains and rocky hills and peaceful fertile valleys, is perhaps the most beautiful county in California, and its towns and villages are still almost primitive in spite of the many fashionable residents ...

— The Sisters-In-Law • Gertrude Atherton

Words linked to "Manzanita" : Arctostaphylos andersonii, Arctostaphylos, shrub, Arctostaphylos tomentosa, genus Arctostaphylos, arbutus, bush