different between arctostaphylos vs manzanita

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Borrowed from Spanish manzanita, so named because the fruits look like little apples

manzanita (plural manzanitas)

Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially Arctostaphylos manzanita, having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter VIII
  The horse groaned and started his running walk down the trail; Uncle Charley pursued him, breaking a twig off a manzanita bush and handing it up to Monica, who flailed the sorry brute across the shoulders and rump.

manzana +? -ita

manzanita f (plural manzanitas)

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