(n)low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers, Syn.mayflower, Epigaea repens
(n)evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning, Syn.madrono, Arbutus menziesii, manzanita
(n)small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syn.Irish strawberry, Arbutus unedo
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{ } n. [ L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree. ] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. [ 1913 Webster ]
Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]