strawberry tree

English

Noun

strawberry tree (plural strawberry trees)

1. 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
• Arabic: قَطْلَب‎ m (qaṭlab), جَنَاء أَحْمَر‎ m (janāʾ ʾaḥmar)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܩܳܛܶܠ ܐܱܒܽܘܗ݇ܝ‎ m (qāṭel ʾăḇūy), ܓܰܪܓܢܳܣܴܐ‎ m (gargnāsā)

• Armenian: մաթուզենի (hy) (matʿuzeni)

  Middle Armenian: հայրըսպան (hayrəspan), մաթզի (matʿzi)

• Basque: gurbitz, kandana
• Bulgarian: кумарка f (kumarka)
• Catalan: arboç (ca) m
• Chenoua: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: planika f
• Danish: jordbærtræ c
• Dutch: aardbeiboom (nl) m
• Finnish: mansikkapuu (fi), lännenmansikkapuu
• French: arbousier (fr) m
• Galician: érbedo (gl) m, albedro (gl) m
• Georgian: ხემარწყვა (xemarc̣q̇va)
• German: westlicher Erdbeerbaum m, Erdbeerbaum (de) m
• Greek: κουμαριά (el) f (koumariá)

  Ancient: κόμαρος m (kómaros)

• Hebrew: קְטָלָב‎ m (K'tlav)
• Hungarian: nyugati szamócafa (hu)
• Ido: arbutiero (io)
• Irish: caithne f
• Italian: corbezzolo (it) m, albetro m
• Kabyle: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: arbutus m, unedo m
• Norwegian: jordbærtre m
• Polish: chruścina jagodna f, poziomkowiec m
• Portuguese: medronheiro (pt) m, êrvedo (pt) m
• Romanian: arborele de căpșuni m
• Russian: земляни́чное де́рево n (zemljaníčnoje dérevo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пла̀ника f, ма̀гиња f

  Latin: plànika (sh) f, màginja (sh) f

• Slovene: navadna jagodičnica f
• Spanish: madroño (es) m
• Swedish: smultronträd (sv) c, jordgubbsträd n
• Tarifit: please add this translation if you can
• Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kocayemiş (tr)
• Welsh: mefusbren f, mefuswydden f

the American plant Arbutus menziesii

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

  Vancouver Island: qaanlhp

• Kwak'wala: x̱ax̱a’nal’a̱ms
• Saanich: ḰEḰEYIȽĆ
• Spanish: madroño (es) m
• Yurok: s'e'goh

References

• strawberry tree at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• strawberry tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia