GENUS ARBUTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arbutus mean? 

• GENUS ARBUTUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARBUTUS has 1 sense:

1. large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARBUTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARBUTUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madrona

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Arbutus" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Arbutus"):

arbutus (any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America)

Holonyms ("genus Arbutus" is a member of...):

Ericaceae; family Ericaceae; heath family (heathers)