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strawberry tree

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbutus, madrone

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

A 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.

Any of the other species of Arbutus, native to Europe and temperate North America, especially

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbutus, madrone

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 3

A 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.

Any of the other species of Arbutus, native to Europe and temperate North America, especially

A 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.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbutus, madrone, madrona, Pacific madrone

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 4

A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura), in the family Malvaceae, native to the American tropics

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Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 5

A Chinese strawberry tree (Myrica rubra), in the family Myricaceae

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noun

Meaning 6

small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Irish strawberry, Arbutus unedo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arbutus

History

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Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mare — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Arabic: قَطْلَب (qaṭlab) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Arabic: جَنَاء أَحْمَر (janāʔ ʔaḥmar) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Aramaic: ܩܳܛܶܠ ܐܱܒܽܘܗ݇ܝ (qāṭel ʾăḇūy) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Aramaic: ܓܰܪܓܢܳܣܴܐ (gargnāsā) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Armenian: մաթուզենի (matʻuzeni) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Middle Armenian: հայրըսպան (hayrəspan) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Middle Armenian: մաթզի (matʻzi) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Basque: gurbitz — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Basque: kandana — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Bulgarian: кумарка (kumarka) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Catalan: arboç — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Czech: planika — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Danish: jordbærtræ — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Dutch: aardbeiboom — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Finnish: mansikkapuu — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Finnish: lännenmansikkapuu — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • French: arbousier — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Galician: érbedo — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Galician: albedro — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Georgian: ხემარწყვა (xemarc̣q̇va) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • German: westlicher Erdbeerbaum — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • German: Erdbeerbaum — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Greek: κουμαριά (koumariá) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Ancient Greek: κόμαρος (kómaros) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Halkomelem: qaanlhp — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Hebrew: קְטָלָב (ḳəṭālāb̮) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Hungarian: nyugati szamócafa — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Ido: arbutiero — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Irish: caithne — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Italian: corbezzolo — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Italian: albetro — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Kwak'wala: x̱ax̱a’nal’a̱ms — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Latin: arbutus — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Latin: unedo — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Macedonian: јагодник (jagodnik) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Norwegian: jordbærtre — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Polish: chruścina jagodna — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Polish: poziomkowiec — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Portuguese: medronheiro — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Portuguese: êrvedo — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Romanian: arborele de căpșuni — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Russian: земляни́чное де́рево (zemljaníčnoje dérevo) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Saanich: ḰEḰEYIȽĆ — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Serbo-Croatian: пла̀ника — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀гиња — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Serbo-Croatian: plànika — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Serbo-Croatian: màginja — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Slovene: navadna jagodičnica — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Spanish: madroño — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Swedish: smultronträd — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Swedish: jordgubbsträd — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Turkish: kocayemiş — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Ukrainian: суничне дерево (sunyčne derevo) — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Welsh: mefusbren — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Welsh: mefuswydden — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus
  • Yurok: s'e'goh — tree or shrub of the genus Arbutus