| slovo | definícia |
manzanita
(encz) | manzanita, n: |
manzanita
(gcide) | manzanita \man`za*ni"ta\ (m[a^]n`z[.a]*n[=e]"t[.a]), n. [Sp.,
dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.)
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but
mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and {Arctostaphylos
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.
[1913 Webster] |
manzanita
(wn) | manzanita
n 1: chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North
America
2: 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 [syn: madrona,
madrono, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
downy manzanita
(encz) | downy manzanita, n: |
heartleaf manzanita
(encz) | heartleaf manzanita, n: |
woolly manzanita
(encz) | woolly manzanita, n: |
arctostaphylos manzanita
(wn) | Arctostaphylos manzanita
n 1: erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having
drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red
berrylike drupes; California [syn: Parry manzanita,
Arctostaphylos manzanita] |
downy manzanita
(wn) | downy manzanita
n 1: erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are
woolly when young [syn: downy manzanita, {woolly
manzanita}, Arctostaphylos tomentosa] |
heartleaf manzanita
(wn) | heartleaf manzanita
n 1: erect California shrub having leaves with heart-shaped
lobes at the base [syn: heartleaf manzanita,
Arctostaphylos andersonii] |
parry manzanita
(wn) | Parry manzanita
n 1: erect treelike shrub forming dense thickets and having
drooping panicles of white or pink flowers and red
berrylike drupes; California [syn: Parry manzanita,
Arctostaphylos manzanita] |
woolly manzanita
(wn) | woolly manzanita
n 1: erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are
woolly when young [syn: downy manzanita, {woolly
manzanita}, Arctostaphylos tomentosa] |
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