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ARBUTUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("arbutus" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arbutus"):
Arbutus menziesii; madrona; madrono; manzanita (evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning)
Arbutus unedo; Irish strawberry; strawberry tree (small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor)
Holonyms ("arbutus" is a member of...):
genus Arbutus (large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona)
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