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[Lat. arbute us.] Pertaining to the arbutus. " Arbutean harrows, and the my stick van." Evelyn: Virgil. ar-bū'-tus ( Lat.), ar-bū'te ( Eng.), s. [In Dut. arbutus; Fr. arbousier; Ital. arbuto; from Lat, arbutus = the wild strawberry-tree; arbūtum, its fruit from arbor a tree, or, according to The is, from the Celtic or rough austere, and boise = a bush.] A. Ord . Lang. (Of the forms Arbutus and Arbute.) Any plant of the genus Arbutus: specially, the A. une do, or strawberry-tree, described under B. "There have been in the neighbourhood of Killarney specimens of the arbutus thirty feet high and four feet and a half round."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., chap. vi. (Note). "In falling, clutched the frail arbute." Long fellow: To a Child. ARBUTUS UNEDO (STRAWBERRY-TREE). 1. Flower. 2. Ovary and stamen. 3. Stamen enlarged. 4. A branch in fruit. 5. Section of fruit. (Figures 1 and 4 one-third natural size.) B. Bot. ( Of the form Arbutus.) Strawberry tree. A genus of plants belonging to the order Ericaceæ (Heath-worts). A species, the A. une do, or Austere Strawberry-tree, is found, apparently wild, in the neighbourhood of the Lakes of Killarney. It has panicles of large, pale greenish-white flowers and red fruit, which, with the evergreen leaves, are especially beautiful in the months of October and November.