toyon

English

Toyon

Etymology

Spanish tollón.

Noun

toyon (countable and uncountable, plural toyons)

1. A chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.

Synonyms

• Christmas berry
• California holly

Translations

evergreen shrub

• Cahuilla: 'ashwet
• Cupeño: aṣhuwet
• Spanish: tollón m

Further reading

• Heteromeles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• toony