manzanita [man-zuh-nee-tuh] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of several western North American shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Arctostaphylos, of the heath family, having leathery leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers.
- the fruit of one of these shrubs.
Origin of manzanita 1840–50, Americanism; Spanish, diminutive of manzana apple; see manchineel Examples from the Web for manzanita Historical Examples of manzanita
There were delightful drinks too, from the manzanita and the chia.
Gene Stratton-Porter
There under a manzanita bush, huddled and still, lay a figure.
Various
It is the roots and root-shoots of manzanita and other shrubs.
Helen Hunt Jackson
Here there was a spring, a thicket of manzanita, and a small ruin of a house.
Stanley R. Matthews
They live on manzanita berry meal, pine-nuts, and grasshoppers.
Richard Henry Savage