Trailing Arbutus (Noun)
Meaning
Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Trailing arbutus is often referred to as "granny's hair" in local folklore due to its delicate and intricate growth patterns.
- The woodland parks of New England feature the sweet fragrance of the trailing arbutus in the early spring.
- While walking through the Canadian forest, we discovered a rare example of epigynous trailing arbutus that had self-propagated nearby.
- Early settlers praised the trailing arbutus for its waxy pink flowers during the long New England winters.
- English naturalist Henry Lyman visited Quebec to examine the trailing arbutus first-hand, dedicating entire paragraphs about it in his North American journeys' manuscript.