About The Word Arbutus
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Arbutus
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What's The Definition Of Arbutus?
[n] any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
Synonyms | Synonyms for Arbutus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Arbutus: See Also | Arbutus menziesii | Arbutus unedo | bush | genus Arbutus | Irish strawberry | madrona | madrono | manzanita | shrub | strawberry tree Arbutus In Webster's Dictionary \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
arbor tree.]
The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
strawberry; the arbute tree.
{Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
the Heath family ({Epig[ae]a repens}), having white or
usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called
also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
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