Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of evergreen ericaceous shrubs, nearly related to Arbutus, and mostly natives of California and Mexico, where the larger species are known as manzanita, and are sometimes from 10 to 20 feet high.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of plants including the bearberry; manzanita.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bearberry; manzanita
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Near the middle of the main basin, just where the regularly formed medial and lateral moraines flatten out and disappear, there is a remarkably smooth field of gravel, planted with arctostaphylos, that looks at the distance of a mile like
The Yosemite John Muir 1876
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Manzanitas arctostaphylos, of which we have 80-some species plus many varieties and cultivars, have small red berries - the eponymous "little apples" - that attract waxwings, mockingbirds, robins and scrub jays.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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Manzanitas arctostaphylos, of which we have 80-some species plus many varieties and cultivars, have small red berries - the eponymous "little apples" - that attract waxwings, mockingbirds, robins and scrub jays.
SFGate: Top News Stories home@sfchronicle.com (Joe Eaton 2010
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