manzanita
- n chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America
- n 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
- In their place he put California poppies, fragrant sage and drought-tolerant manzanita.
- Compton also complains that he can't dig up the manzanita bushes on his own land because of local ordinances.
- A platoon of camouflaged figures equipped with rifles, pistols and bulletproof vests creep through manzanita brush with a police dog.