arbutus

3 definitions found

arbutus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
        [1913 Webster]

arbutus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  arbutus
      n 1: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of
           temperate Europe and America

arbutus - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Arbutus, MD (CDP, FIPS 1975)
    Location: 39.24260 N, 76.69229 W
    Population (1990): 19750 (7966 housing units)
    Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)