Arbutus (Noun)
Meaning
Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The deciduous woods along the lake gave way to outcroppings of rock, where arbutus grew in every fissure and crevice.
- The large, pink flowers of the arbutus tree caught everyone's eye as they walked through the garden.
- You can make tea from the leaves of the western arbutus by steeping them in hot water.
- The Spanish name for the Arbutus unedo is madronho, but most locals simply called it arbutus.
- As the snowmelt occurs early on the south slope of the mountain, a carpet of spring arbutus blankets the forest floor.