strawberry tree

English

Noun

strawberry tree (plural strawberry trees)

1. (botany) The cane apple, an evergreen shrub or small tree (Arbutus unedo), in family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe north to western France and Ireland, which bears fruits which resemble strawberries.

   Synonyms: arbutus, madrone

   1. Any of the other species of Arbutus, native to Europe and temperate North America, especially
      1. The madrone, Arbutus menziesii, an evergreen tree with rich orange-red bark which naturally peels away in thin sheets when mature, and which bears berries which are astringent but edible if prepared properly.

         Synonyms: madrone, madrona, Pacific madrone

2. Muntingia calabura in the family Malvaceae, native to the American tropics
3. Myrica rubra in the family Myricaceae, the Chinese strawberry tree

Translations

the European plant Arbutus unedo

• Albanian: mare (sq) f
• Catalan: arboç (ca) m
• Czech: planika f
• Danish: jordbærtræ c
• Dutch: aardbeiboom (nl) m
• Finnish: mansikkapuu (fi), lännenmansikkapuu
• French: arbousier (fr) m
• Galician: érbedo (gl) m, alvedro m
• German: amerikanischer Erdbeerbaum m, Erdbeerbaum (de) m
• Greek: κουμαριά (el) f (koumariá)

  Ancient: κόμαρος m (kómaros)

• Hungarian: nyugati szamócafa
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• Ido: arbutiero (io)
• Italian: corbezzolo (it) m, albetro m
• Latin: arbutus m
• Norwegian: jordbærtre m
• Polish: chruścina jagodna f
• Portuguese: medronheiro (pt) m, êrvedo (pt) m
• Slovene: navadna jagodičnica f
• Spanish: madroño (es) m
• Swedish: smultronträd c

the American plant Arbutus menziesii

• Finnish: kalifornianmansikkapuu
• German: westlicher Erdbeerbaum m, Erdbeerbaum (de) m
• Halkomelem:

  Vancouver Island: Template:t-simple

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• Kwak'wala: Template:t-simple
• Saanich: Template:t-simple
• Spanish: madroño (es) m
• Yurok: s'e'goh

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} fragujo (eo), ^{(please verify)} arbuto, ^{(please verify)} fragarbo
• French: ^{(please verify)} arbousier (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corbezzolo (it) m
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• Polish: ^{(please verify)} chruścina f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} arborele de căpșuni m
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} земляни́чное де́рево n (zemljaníčnoje dérevo)

Further reading

• strawberry tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “strawberry tree”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.