The story
- Spanish · borrowed frommanzanita
- English todaymanzanita
Borrowed from Spanish manzanita, so named because the fruits look like little apples.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
manzanita
Today it means: Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially Arctostaphylos manzanita, having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches. Full definition →
Spanish manzanita