manzanita
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish manzanita, so named because the fruits look like little apples.
Noun
manzanita (plural manzanitas)
- Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially Arctostaphylos manzanita, having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter VIII, in The Understanding Heart:
- The horse groaned and started his running walk down the trail; Uncle Charley pursued him, breaking a twig off a manzanita bush and handing it up to Monica, who flailed the sorry brute across the shoulders and rump.
Derived terms
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Arctostaphylos manzanita -
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /manθaˈnita/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mansaˈnita/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: man‧za‧ni‧ta
Noun
manzanita f (plural manzanitas)
Further reading
- “manzanita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28