strawberry tree

American  

noun

1. an evergreen shrub or tree, Arbutus unedo, of the heath family, native to southern Europe, bearing a scarlet, strawberrylike fruit.

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strawberry tree British  

noun

1. a S European evergreen tree, Arbutus unedo, having white or pink flowers and red strawberry-like berries See also arbutus

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Etymology

Origin of strawberry tree

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

The house was connected to a bakery, and the mural is a still life of a silver platter bearing a cup of wine, pomegranates, figs, a garland of yellow strawberry tree fruits, dates and nuts.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Bauer’s favorite is Arbutus unendo ‘Compacta,’ the native strawberry tree.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

A Jamaican strawberry tree produces pinkish red berries year round that look like cherries but taste like — you guessed it — sweet ripe strawberries.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

The goats feed off all the local plants, including the strawberry tree, a bush that is turned by villagers into a liquor called aguardente de medronhos.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2019

Further groups of cave-dwellings were found some ten miles higher up the river, in what is called the “Strawberry Valley,” probably through the prevalence of the strawberry tree, of which several beautiful specimens were seen.

From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl