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arbutus

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From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.

noun arbutuses · arbuti

countable, uncountable A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus. Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex - many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsy-like, on the ground […]
countable, uncountable A mayflower or trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). Ah, who is he,—on whom young men and maidens look with pitying eye? to whom the old man lifts his hat, and little children cease from their sports as he passes, and quietly slip the innocent daisy, or the sweet-scented arbutus into his hand, which they have culled from the wide commons, where, they
uncountable Arbute; wood of strawberry trees.

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@misc{arbutus_2026,
  title = {arbutus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arbutus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}