Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ARBUTUS; ARBUTE
Ar "bu *tus, Ar "bute, n. Etym: [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree. ]
Defn: 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 (Epigæa 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
arbutus
ar bu tus |ärˈbyo͞otəs ɑrˈbjudəs | ▶noun either of two evergreen plants of the family Ericaceae (heath family ). [● a tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus, which includes the strawberry tree. ● (in full trailing arbutus ) a North American trailing plant that bears pink or white flowers (Epigaea repens ). Also called mayflower . ] ORIGIN from Latin.
Oxford Dictionary
arbutus
arbutus |ɑːˈbjuːtəs, ˈɑːbjʊtəs | ▶noun an evergreen tree or shrub of a genus that includes the strawberry tree. See also trailing arbutus. ●Genus Arbutus, family Ericaceae. ORIGIN from Latin.
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