Manzanita Synonyms

mănzə-nētə
Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. madrona
  2. madroño
  3. Arbutus menziesii

Manzanita Sentence Examples

  • You can also enjoy outstanding dining and shopping in the nearby towns of Nehalem and Manzanita.

  • On the Sierra the underbrush is characterized by the pungent manzanita, the California buckeye and the chamiso; the last two growing equally abundantly on the Coast Range.

  • The chamiso and the manzanita, with a variety of shrubby oaks and thorny plants, often grow together in a dense and sometimes quite impenetrable undergrowth, forming what is known as " chaparral "; if the chamiso occurs alone the thicket is a " chamisal."

  • Even in the Mexican border, desert oak, juniper and manzanita cover the mountains, and there is a vigorous though short-lived growth of grasses and flower from July to October.