strawberry tree

noun

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

strawberry tree

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

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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.

Occasionally we meet with the Strawberry Tree, during early autumn, bearing both flower and fruit at the same time.

And 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.

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