Arbute

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {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.
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