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manzanilla

manzanilla noun: a pale, dry fino sherry.

Noun

manzanilla (countable and uncountable, plural manzanillas)

  1. A pale, dry fino sherry.
  2. A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.
    • Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos.
    • Prices for the two main types of Spanish style green olives - manzanillas and queens - vary according to the size of the crop of each. In some years queens will be more expensive than manzanillas […]1984, United States International Trade Commission, Bottled green olives from Spain (page A-24)
  3. An American flowering plant of species Malvaviscus arboreus.

Forms of manzanilla

pluralmanzanillas

Origin of manzanilla

Probably named for the town near Seville.

Questions about manzanilla

What does manzanilla mean?
Manzanilla means a pale, dry fino sherry.
What part of speech is manzanilla?
Manzanilla is a noun.
What is the plural of manzanilla?
The plural of manzanilla is manzanillas.

Words near manzanilla in the dictionary

  1. Manzanareses
  2. Manzanarez
  3. Manzanarezes
  4. manzanas
  5. Manzanero
  6. manzanilla
  7. manzanillas
  8. manzanillo
  9. manzanillos
  10. manzanita
  11. manzanitas

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