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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 flowers
Familiarity information: TRAILING ARBUTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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