Definitions for arbutus

arbutus ar·bu·tus

Spelling: [ahr-byoo-tuh s]
IPA: /ɑrˈbyu təs/

Arbutus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in arbutus (abrstuu).

Definitions for arbutus

noun

  1. any of the evergreen shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. unedo, of southern Europe, with scarlet berries, cultivated for ornament and food.
  2. trailing arbutus.

Origin of arbutus

1545-55; New Latin, Latin: the wild strawberry tree

Examples for arbutus

Killarney, the region of the arbutus, boasts of no such tree as this.

Yes; and I took your hint about the arbutus leaves, too, doctor.

He never had become accustomed to an arbutus landing characteristics.

Fancy living where you never saw any arbutus or had the joy of picking them.

Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their button-holes, or bunches of hepatica.

Sometimes they have sprays of arbutus in their buttonholes, or bunches of hepatica.

In the spring the most insistent walker must pause by an arbutus bank.

She placed the box of arbutus in the garden path and laid her hand on his arm.

Oh, the arbutus days, what memories and longings they awaken!

Their charms do not abide with you as do those of the arbutus.

Word Value for arbutus
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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