arbutus
A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus ArbutusA strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus.
» I planted an arbutus.
Я посадил земляничное дерево. — marafon
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus.
any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
(countable, uncountable)A mayflower or trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens).
(uncountable)Arbute; wood of strawberry trees.
Examples
9 sentencesI planted an arbutus.
ruЯ посадил земляничное дерево. — marafon
Ziri came across an Arbutus unedo.
Ziri likes the fruits of Arbutus unedo.
The Arbutus unedo is a small tree.
The Arbutus unedo has strawberry-like fruits.
Origin
From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.
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Forms
plural: arbutuses / arbutiLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.