strawberry tree

English

Noun

strawberry tree (plural strawberry trees)

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.

   Synonyms: arbutus, madrone

   1. Any of the other species of Arbutus, native to Europe and temperate North America, especially
      1. 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.

         Synonyms: madrone, madrona, Pacific madrone

2. A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura), in the family Malvaceae, native to the American tropics
3. A Chinese strawberry tree (Myrica rubra), in the family Myricaceae

Translations

the European plant Arbutus unedo

• Albanian: mare (sq) f
• Arabic: قَطْلَب m (qaṭlab), جَنَاء أَحْمَر m (janāʔ ʔaḥmar)
• Aramaic:

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

• Armenian: մաթուզենի (hy) (matʻuzeni)

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

• 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)
• Ukrainian: суничне дерево n (sunyčne derevo)
• 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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

• strawberry tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia