Definition of Heteromeles arbutifolia

1. Noun. Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.

Exact synonyms: Christmas Berry, Christmasberry, Photinia Arbutifolia, Tollon, Toyon
Group relationships: Genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteromeles Arbutifolia

Hester
Hestia
Hesychast
Hesychast controversy
Hesychasts
Hesychian
Heterakis
Heteranthera
Heteranthera dubia
Heterobasidiomycetes
Heterodon
Heterodoxus spiniger
Heterokontae
Heterokontophyta
Heteromeles
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Heteromyidae
Heterophyes
Heteropoda
Heteroscelus
Heteroscelus incanus
Heterosomata
Heterostraci
Heterotheca
Heterotheca villosa
Heterotrichales
Hettie
Heubner's arteritis
Heuchera

Literary usage of Heteromeles arbutifolia

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

1. The Broad-sclerophyll Vegetation of California: An Ecological Study of the by William Skinner Cooper (1922)
"90 279 heteromeles arbutifolia is occasional nearby. The bushes are all small, ranging from 3 to 12 ... H. heteromeles arbutifolia. Ho. Holodiscus discolor. ..."

2. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"Any person, firm or corporation is guilty of a misdemeanor— (a) Who mutilates or destroys any Toyon or Christmas red-berry tree (heteromeles arbutifolia) ..."

3. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"heteromeles arbutifolia Roemer. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. Christmas berry, also called " California holly," " tollen," and " toyon," is best known as ..."

4. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"... appreciation due them, I will simply mention Carpenteria Californica, Fremontia Californica, the magnificent Romneya Coulteri, heteromeles arbutifolia, ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"The berries of the "toyon" or "tollon" (heteromeles arbutifolia), or "California holly," are said to be eaten by Indians, but they serve the white people a ..."

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