manzanita
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish manzanita, so named because the fruits look like little apples.
Noun edit
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.
Gallery edit
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Arctostaphylos manzanita
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /manθaˈnita/ [mãn̟.θaˈni.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /mansaˈnita/ [mãn.saˈni.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: man‧za‧ni‧ta
Noun edit
manzanita f (plural manzanitas)
Further reading edit
- “manzanita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014