Lexic.us

Definition of Genus Arctostaphylos

1. Noun. Bearberry; manzanita.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Arctostaphylos

Literary usage of Genus Arctostaphylos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1897)
"... it will be many years before the genus Arctostaphylos is understood, and then, probably, the results will be secured only through systematic cultivation ..."

2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"... Madrona or Mexican Madrona (Arbutus xalapensis) also called the Manzanita, and with California species of the genus Arctostaphylos from ..."

3. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"... or Arbutus texana), also called the Manzanita, and with the California species of the genus Arctostaphylos from which'Manzanita wood is derived. ..."

4. The Broad-sclerophyll Vegetation of California: An Ecological Study of the by William Skinner Cooper (1922)
"The genus Arctostaphylos gives its stamp to certain localities in a very characteristic way. No one species is dominant throughout. ..."

5. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"... or Arbutus texana), also called the Manzanita, and with the California species of the genus Arctostaphylos from which Manzanita wood is derived. ..."

6. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences by Davenport Academy of Sciences (1889)
"... on the Pacific Slope; on the genus Arctostaphylos (the manzanita); on Pacific Coast Alders; and, later, ..."

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