Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.