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manzanita

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Manzanita  \Man`za*ni"ta\,  n.  [Sp.,  dim.  of  munzana  an  apple.] 
  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  species  of  {Arctostaphylos},  but 
  mostly  to  {A.  glauca}  and  {A.  pungens},  shrubs  of  California, 
  Oregon,  etc.,  with  reddish  smooth  bark,  ovate  or  oval 
  coriaceous  evergreen  leaves,  and  bearing  clusters  of  red 
  berries,  which  are  said  to  be  a  favorite  food  of  the  grizzly 
  bear. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  manzanita 
  n  1:  chiefly  evergreen  shrubs  of  warm  dry  areas  of  western  North 
  America 
  2:  evergreen  tree  of  Pacific  North  America  having  glossy 
  leathery  leaves  and  orange-red  edible  berries;  wood  used 
  for  furniture  and  bark  for  tanning  [syn:  {madrona},  {madrono}, 
  {Arbutus  menziesii}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Manzanita,  OR  (city,  FIPS  45700) 
  Location:  45.71729  N,  123.93358  W 
  Population  (1990):  513  (695  housing  units) 
  Area:  1.7  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water)




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