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单词 arbutus
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Definition of arbutus in English:

arbutus

noun ɑːˈbjuːtəsˈɑːbjʊtəsɑrˈbjudəs
  • An evergreen tree or shrub of a genus that includes the strawberry tree.

    野草莓树。参见TRAILING ARBUTUS

    Genus Arbutus, family Ericaceae

    See also trailing arbutus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She locked the car and walked up the driveway, smiling at the rosebuds just beginning to bloom and the new green leaves on the two tall arbutus trees in front of the house.
    • Deval's studio, a large, light room at the center of the house, looked out onto a walled garden, overhung with climbing roses and arbutus trees.
    • Also known as arbutus or madrona, these large, red-barked trees cling to the cliffs above Puget Sound like well-muscled rock climbers.
    • We ran to daycare together and pointed out all the arbutus trees along the way.
    • But it seemed so distant from where he sat now, with mosquitoes biting at his wrists and a wilted arbutus on the sill.

Origin

From Latin.

Rhymes

Brutus

Definition of arbutus in US English:

arbutus

nounärˈbyo͞odəsɑrˈbjudəs
  • Either of two evergreen plants of the family Ericaceae (heath family).

    (in full 'trailing arbutus') a North American trailing plant that bears pink or white flowers (Epigaea repens). Also called mayflower

    a tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus, which includes the strawberry tree

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it seemed so distant from where he sat now, with mosquitoes biting at his wrists and a wilted arbutus on the sill.
    • We ran to daycare together and pointed out all the arbutus trees along the way.
    • Also known as arbutus or madrona, these large, red-barked trees cling to the cliffs above Puget Sound like well-muscled rock climbers.
    • She locked the car and walked up the driveway, smiling at the rosebuds just beginning to bloom and the new green leaves on the two tall arbutus trees in front of the house.
    • Deval's studio, a large, light room at the center of the house, looked out onto a walled garden, overhung with climbing roses and arbutus trees.

Origin

From Latin.

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