\Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
arbor tree.]
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[ae]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.