Definition of Arbutus

1. Noun. Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.

Group relationships: Genus Arbutus
Specialized synonyms: Arbutus Menziesii, Madrona, Madrono, Manzanita, Arbutus Unedo, Irish Strawberry, Strawberry Tree
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Definition of Arbutus

1. n. The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree.

Definition of Arbutus

1. Noun. any of several broad-leaved trees of the genus ''Arbutus''. ¹

2. Noun. the trailing arbutus. ¹

3. Noun. arbute. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arbutus

1. an evergreen tree [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arbutus

arboured
arbours
arboviral
arbovirus
arbovirus infection
arboviruses
arbs
arbuscle
arbuscles
arbuscular
arbustive
arbute
arbutean
arbutes
arbutin
arbutus (current term)
arbutuses
arc-
arc-boutant
arc-boutants
arc-connected
arc-flash conjunctivitis
arc-hyperbolic function
arc-hyperbolic functions
arc lamp
arc lamps
arc light
arc of buehler
arc of riolan
arc perimeter

Literary usage of Arbutus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"A plant in the condition of the arbutus may be said to be in a certain sense at a " parting of the ways." To attain the end of cross-fertilization—the ..."

2. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"Derived from tomaron, the arbutus ; on account of the similarity of its fruit. Linn. 12, Or. 3, Nat. ..."

3. The Irish Jurist (1863)
"The part of the channel in which the tag descried the arbutus half a mile a-head U straight, and nothing was between them, both being at, or nearly at, ..."

4. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"TRAILING arbutus Epidermis. The epidermal cells of the trailing arbutus (Plate in, Fig. ... It will be seen that the structure of trailing arbutus leaf ..."

5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1850)
"... indeed' until quite lately it was known in its Generic appellation. The arbutus-groupe are well known to florists for their beauty; and of the arbutus ..."

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