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n. Any of various broad-leaved evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Arbutus, including the madroña and strawberry tree, that are native chiefly to warm regions in the Americas and Europe.

n. The trailing arbutus.

n. Flowering plants in the genus Arbutus, the strawberry tree.

n. Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus.

n. arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree.

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

n. A plant of the genus Arbutus.

n. The trailing arbutus (see below).

n. [capitalized] A genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees of southern Europe and western North America, natural order Ericaceœ, characterized by a free calyx and a many-seeded berry.

n. any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America

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arbute   

shrub    bush   

trailing arbutus   

strawberry tree    madrono    arbutus unedo    arbutus menziesii    irish strawberry    madrona    manzanita   

myrtle    ilex    magnolia    gardenia    privet    hyacinth    dogwood    juniper    hawthorn    jessamine