Etymology

arbutus

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Today it means: A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus. Full definition →

taxonomic name Arbutus ← Latin arbutus
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  1. Latin · derived fromarbutus
  2. taxonomic name · borrowed fromArbutus
  3. English todayarbutus

From taxonomic name Arbutus, from Latin arbutus.

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