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Definition of Arctostaphylos
1. Noun. Bearberry; manzanita.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Ericaceae, Family Ericaceae, Heath Family
Member holonyms: Bearberry, Manzanita
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctostaphylos
Literary usage of Arctostaphylos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Broad-sclerophyll Vegetation of California: An Ecological Study of the by William Skinner Cooper (1922)
"Arctostaphylos mariposa Dudley. Sierra foothills and to some extent in ...
Arctostaphylos nevadensis A. Gray. Upper forest region of the Sierra Nevada; ..."
2. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"KEY OF FORMS OF Arctostaphylos FROM THE PACIFIC REGION HARDY ONLY SOUTH * Leaves
smooth and fruit on smooth stems. (A.) A. Flowers in umbel-like clusters ..."
3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"... Arctostaphylos L. are prepared like tea. Leaves of this species are considerably
larger than the preceding species, leathery, ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1878)
"The leaves of the Arctostaphylos alpina are serrated on the margin, and the entire
margin of the leaves distinguishes between the leaves of the two species. ..."
5. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Fruit a capsule enclosed in the fleshy hypanthium. 14. GAULTHERIA. Fruit a drupe
with 4-5 nutlets. 15. Arctostaphylos. 1. ..."
6. Handy Book of Ornamental Conifers and of Rhododendrons and Other American by Hugh Fraser (1875)
"Arctostaphylos (THE BEARBERRY). The few species of which this interesting genus
is composed were formerly referred to Arbutus, and though by no means ..."
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