Arbutus
Arbutus ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin 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 (Botany) , a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigaa 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
Also: Arbute