trailing arbutus

noun

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According to the Wisconsin Blue Book, school children in 1908 nominated four candidates for the state flower: the wood violet, wild rose, trailing arbutus and white water lily. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024 Flower: Wood violet The wood violet was chosen in 1908 when Wisconsin schoolchildren nominated four candidates: the wood violet, the wild rose, the trailing arbutus and the white water lily. Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023 Kettering had long been impressed by the way that leaves of the trailing arbutus plant could turn red even when covered by a layer of snow, somehow capturing the energy of the sun’s rays more effectively than other plants. Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trailing arbutus was in 1785

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“Trailing arbutus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailing%20arbutus. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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trailing arbutus

noun
: a trailing plant of eastern North America that belongs to the heath family and produces fragrant pink or white flowers in early spring

called also arbutus

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