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Arctostaphylos
Manzanita Man`za*ni"ta, n. [Sp., dim. of munzana an apple.] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to A. glauca and A. pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry Bear"ber*ry, n. (Bot.) A trailing plant of the heath family (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.

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- on foot. Because of its beauty and proximity to the town, the beach at Staphylos is one of the most po****r on the island and so it is often very crowded...
- plains; in Staphylos, Ditropon, and Panormos. The main port of Skopelos can sometimes be closed due to northerly gales. The smaller bays of Staphylos, Agnondas...
- in the same study under the name of Parachoffatia; (P. peparethos, P. staphylos and P. thoas). As something else had already been given that name, the...
- Ariadne were occasional shown on vases with their children, Hyllus and Staphylos and Oenopion respectively, but there is no evidence that there was a cult...
- ISBN 978-0-933994-22-5. The name Arctostaphylos is from Gr****: arctos = bear, staphylos = bunch of grapes or berries; hence bearberry, pertaining redundantly...
- τοὺς δὲ λοιποὺς ἐπήλυδας, […] Of them [the peoples in the above p****age] Staphylos says that the Dorians occupy the region towards the east, the Kydones...
- genus name, Arctostaphylos, derives from the Gr**** arctos ("bear") and staphylos ("bunch of grapes"). The species name, uva-ursi, is from the Latin uva...
- one of whom, they say, was married to Dionysos in Naxos and bore him Staphylos and his brother, and the other, of a later time, having been carried off...
- Amyclaian style: Apollo brought to life again his longhaired Hyacinthos: Staphylos will be made to live for aye by Dionysos." "The Lord crowned Oiagros's...
- Friedrich Staphylus (Lat. Fridericus) (27 August 1512 – 5 March 1564) was a German theologian, at first a Lutheran Protestant and then a Catholic convert...