Montara manzanita

noun

Arctostaphylos montaraensis, an endangered species of shrub native to California.

Origintranslingual Arctostaphylos montaraensis →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounMontara manzanita (plural Montara manzanitas)

plural Montara manzanitas

  1. Arctostaphylos montaraensis, an endangered species of shrub native to California.

Origin

  1. translingualArctostaphylos montaraensis
  2. EnglishMontara manzanita

From Montara (“place in California”) + manzanita (“Arctostaphylos sp.”), a calque of translingual Arctostaphylos montaraensis.

More words from translingual

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Montara manzanita. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montara%20manzanita

MLA

“Montara manzanita.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montara%20manzanita. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montara manzanita,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montara%20manzanita.

Source: Montara manzanita on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.