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TRAILING ARBUTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trailing arbutus mean? 

TRAILING ARBUTUS (noun)
  The noun TRAILING ARBUTUS has 1 sense:

1. low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: TRAILING ARBUTUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRAILING ARBUTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Epigaea repens; mayflower; trailing arbutus

Hypernyms ("trailing arbutus" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)


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