arctostaphylos tomentosa

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   erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young

   Synonymsdowny manzanitawoolly manzanita

   Broadermanzanita

Questions about arctostaphylos tomentosa

What does arctostaphylos tomentosa mean?

arctostaphylos tomentosa means "erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young".

What is another word for arctostaphylos tomentosa?

Close synonyms include downy manzanita, woolly manzanita. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arctostaphylos tomentosa a common word?

arctostaphylos tomentosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.