Associations to the word «Arbutus»

Wiktionary

ARBUTUS, noun. A flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree.
ARBUTUS, noun. Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus.
ARBUTUS, noun. Arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree.
ARBUTUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae   — the madrones.
ARBUTUS UNEDO, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Ericaceae   — the strawberry tree.

Dictionary definition

ARBUTUS, noun. Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.

Wise words

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