Definition of Arbute
1. Noun. (archaic) The wood of the strawberry tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Arbute
1. an evergreen tree [n -S] : ARBUTEAN [adj]
Medical Definition of Arbute
1.
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, a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigaea repens), having white or usually rose-coloured flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in new England known as mayflower.
Synonym: ground laurel.
Origin: L. Arbutus, akin to arbor tree.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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