Arbutus Definition

är-byo͝otəs
noun
Any of various broad-leaved evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Arbutus of the heath family, including the madrone and the strawberry tree, that are native chiefly to warm temperate regions of the Americas and Europe.
American Heritage
Any of a genus (Arbutus) of trees or shrubs of the heath family, with dark-green leaves, clusters of white or pinkish flowers, and small strawberrylike fruit; esp., the madroño and the strawberry trees.
Webster's New World
The trailing arbutus.
American Heritage
A trailing plant (Epigaea repens) of the heath family, with clusters of white or pink flowers.
Webster's New World
Flowering plants in the genus Arbutus, the strawberry tree.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae — the madrones.

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Other Word Forms of Arbutus

Noun

Singular:
arbutus
Plural:
arbutuses

Origin of Arbutus

  • From New Latin Arbutus (genus name), from Latin arbutus.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin arbutus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Arbutus Sentence Examples

  • The total absence of a few of the more common forms of northern Europe and Asia should also be noticed, among which may be named Tilia, Fagus, Arbutus, Erica, Azalea and Cistacae.

  • In the countries bordering the Mediterranean are groves of oranges and olive trees, evergreen oaks, cork trees and pines, intermixed with cypresses, myrtles, arbutus and fragrant tree-heaths.

  • When the carpels are united, as in the pear, arbutus and chickweed, the pistil becomes syncarpous.

  • The forests consist of several species of evergreen and deciduous oaks, " oyamel " (Abies religiosa), the arbutus or strawberry tree, the long-leaved Pinus liophylla and the short-leaved " ocote " or Pinus montezumae and the alder, with an undergrowth of elder (Sambucus mexicana), broom and shrubby heath.

  • Strawberry Tree (Arbutus) - Evergreen shrubs of much beauty, both of flower and form of leaf or bush, coming from warmer countries thrive best on our sea-shore or warmer districts.

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