strawberry tree
an evergreen shrub or tree, Arbutus unedo, of the heath family, native to southern Europe, bearing a scarlet, strawberrylike fruit.
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Arbute, r′būt, n. the strawberry-tree: an evergreen shrub, which bears a scarlet fruit somewhat resembling the strawberry.
And I stepped behind a red strawberry-tree, for my sense of respect for him almost made me sob.
Erema | R. D. BlackmoreOccasionally we meet with the strawberry tree, during early autumn, bearing both flower and fruit at the same time.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxAnd if you went to some of the islands in the lake up in the glen, you would find wild arbutus—strawberry-tree, as you call it.
Madam How and Lady Why | Charles Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for strawberry tree
a S European evergreen tree, Arbutus unedo, having white or pink flowers and red strawberry-like berries: See also arbutus
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