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trailing arbutus

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A low-growing eastern North American shrub (Epigaea repens) in the heath family, having evergreen leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers.

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  • noun The mayflower, genus Epigaea.

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  • noun low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

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  • Epigaea repens (Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus) is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky and the Northwest Territory. It can also be found in parts of Central Europe and Western Africa.

    The species flowers are pink, fading to nearly white, very fragrant, about 1/2 in. across when expanded, few or many in clusters at ends of branches.

    _Wikipedia

    January 25, 2008