Definitions for: Arbutus

[n] any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: Arbutus menziesii, Arbutus unedo, bush, genus Arbutus, Irish strawberry, madrona, madrono, manzanita, shrub, strawberry tree

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