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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Mayflower \May"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
In England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing
arbutus (see Arbutus); also, the blossom of these plants.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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