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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish manzana apple Date: 1846 any of various western North American evergreen shrubs (genus Arctostaphylos) of the heath family with alternate leaves

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arctostaphylos, esp. A. manzanita, native to California. Etymology: Sp., dimin. of manzana apple

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.