Arbutus
Pronunciation : Ar"bu*tus
Part of Speech : Ar"bute
Etymology : [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.]
Definition : Defn: The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epig?a repens), having white or usually rose- colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913