arbutus

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arbutus (ahr-byoo-tuhs) - n., any of a genus (Arbutus) of evergreen shrubs with red flaking bark and red or orange berries, including the strawberry tree and madrone, native to warm temperate regions of Europe and North America; a creeping plant (Epigaea repens) of eastern North America, also called trailing arbutus or mayflower.

Name from the Latin name for the strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo.

---L.