manzanita

manzanita

1. The dominant plants are sages (Lamiaceae) and evergreen oaks and, in drier areas, chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), manzanita (Arctostaphylos pungens), and species of Ceanothus.

优势树种有薄荷属的一些树木,常绿的橡树,在干旱的地区通常有蔷薇属的灌木,石兰科的常绿灌木以及某些鼠李。

2. Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos of the Pacific coast of North America, especially A. manzanita, bearing white or pink flowers in drooping panicles and producing red berrylike drupes.

熊果树任一种产于北美太平洋沿岸的熊果树属的常绿灌木或小树,尤指熊果树,开有垂落圆锥花冠形的白色或粉色花,结红色浆果状的核果

3. any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Arctostaphylos of the Pacific coast of North America,especially A. manzanita,bearing white or pink flowers in drooping panicles and producing red berrylike drupes

熊果树,任一种产于北美太平洋沿岸的熊果树属的常绿灌木或小树,尤指熊果树,开有垂落圆锥花冠形的白色或粉色花,结红色浆果状的核果

4. Wait, do you think that the cosmetic industry got its skin peel idea from manzanita?

老树皮脱落后,底下的新树皮是又滑又嫩,好摸得很!

5. I watch them now as they haul in the last gleanings of nectar from the final manzanita blooms of the year.

阳光照射下的蜜蜂如弧形的曳光弹,发出嗡嗡的声音,钻进那黑暗的小洞口。

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