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Arbutus
(gcide) | Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, 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.
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Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
the Heath family (Epig[ae]a 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.
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arbutus
(wn) | arbutus
n 1: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of
temperate Europe and America |
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trailing arbutus
(encz) | trailing arbutus, n: |
Arbutus Menziesii
(gcide) | madrona \ma*dro"na\, madrona \ma*dro"[~n]a\, madrono
\ma*dro"no\, n. [Sp. madro[~n]o.] (Bot.)
A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of
Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy
leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are
often called madro[~n]a apples; the wood is used for
furniture and the bark for tanning. [Written also
madro[~n]o.]
Syn: madrona, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii.
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Arbutus menziesii
(gcide) | madrona \ma*dro"na\, madrona \ma*dro"[~n]a\, madrono
\ma*dro"no\, n. [Sp. madro[~n]o.] (Bot.)
A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of
Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy
leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are
often called madro[~n]a apples; the wood is used for
furniture and the bark for tanning. [Written also
madro[~n]o.]
Syn: madrona, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii.
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Trailing arbutus
(gcide) | Trailing \Trail"ing\,
a. & vb. n. from Trail.
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Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus.
Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.
Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
carriage.
[1913 Webster]Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, 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 (Epig[ae]a 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.
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arbutus
(wn) | arbutus
n 1: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of
temperate Europe and America |
arbutus menziesii
(wn) | Arbutus menziesii
n 1: 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: madrona,
madrono, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii] |
arbutus unedo
(wn) | Arbutus unedo
n 1: small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded
scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland,
southern Europe, Asia Minor [syn: strawberry tree, {Irish
strawberry}, Arbutus unedo] |
genus arbutus
(wn) | genus Arbutus
n 1: large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and
western North America: strawberry tree; madrona |
trailing arbutus
(wn) | trailing arbutus
n 1: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
flowers [syn: trailing arbutus, mayflower, {Epigaea
repens}] |
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