manzanilla

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noun

A pale, dry fino sherry.

“Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.”

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Meanings

nounmanzanilla (countable and uncountable, plural manzanillas)

plural manzanillas

  1. countableuncountableA pale, dry fino sherry.
  2. countableuncountableA kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.

    Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.

    1 more example

    Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]

    1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
  3. countableuncountableAn American flowering plant of species Malvaviscus arboreus.

Origin

Probably named for the town near Seville.

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APA

manzanilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manzanilla

MLA

“manzanilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manzanilla. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manzanilla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manzanilla.

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