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montara manzanita

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
mon-tara -man-zani-ta
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arctostaphylos montaraensis, an endangered species of shrub native to California.

Etymology

From Montara (“place in California”) + manzanita (“Arctostaphylos sp.”), a calque of translingual Arctostaphylos montaraensis.

Inflected Forms

Montara manzanitas (plural)

Phrases

Arctostaphylos montaraensis

Frequently Paired Words

Arctostaphylos montaraensis

Questions

What does montara manzanita mean?
Arctostaphylos montaraensis, an endangered species of shrub native to California.
Where does montara manzanita come from?
From Montara (“place in California”) + manzanita (“Arctostaphylos sp.”), a calque of translingual Arctostaphylos montaraensis.

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