English > arbutus: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America. |
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Member of | genus Arbutus | large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America |
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Narrower | madrona, madrono, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii | evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries |
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strawberry tree, Irish strawberry, Arbutus unedo | small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland |
Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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Spanish | madroño |
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Catalan | arbocer, arboç, arbutus, cirerer d'arboç |
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