toyon

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noun

A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.

Similar
Christmas berryCalifornia hollytollonChristmasberryHeteromeles arbutifoliaPhotinia arbutifolia
OriginSpanish tollón →
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Meanings

nountoyon (countable and uncountable, plural toyons)

plural toyons

  1. countableuncountableA chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.

    Synonyms: Christmas berry, California holly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.

Similar
Christmas berryCalifornia holly

More synonyms by meaning

nounornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia

Similar
tollonChristmasberryChristmas berryHeteromeles arbutifoliaPhotinia arbutifolia
Broader
shrubbush
Also see
christmas berry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Spanishtollón
  2. Spanishtollón
  3. Englishtoyon

Borrowed from Spanish tollón.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Spanish tollón
  • tollónevergreen shrub

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

toony
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APA

toyon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toyon

MLA

“toyon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toyon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toyon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toyon.

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