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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arbutus n 1: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Arbutus, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland Population (2000): 20116 Housing Units (2000): 8380 Land area (2000): 6.502061 sq. miles (16.840261 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.001829 sq. miles (0.004737 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.503890 sq. miles (16.844998 sq. km) FIPS code: 01975 Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24 Location: 39.244406 N, 76.693928 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Arbutus, MD Arbutus