[toi-on, -ohn] 
| an evergreen, rosaceous shrub or small tree, Heteromeles arbutifolia (or Photinia arbutifolia), of California and northern Mexico, having clusters of small, white flowers and bright red berries. |
| Christmas berry n. See toyon. |
| toy·on (toi'ŏn') n. An evergreen Californian shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia), having leathery leaves, small white flowers in large panicles, and red, fleshy, berrylike fruit. Also called Christmas berry. [Spanish tollon, from Greek tolon.] |