arbutus

Any of a group of evergreen shrubs belonging to the heath family, found in temperate regions. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is grown for its ornamental, strawberrylike fruit. (Genus Arbutus, family Ericaceae.)

Arbutus

Town in Baltimore County, central Maryland,; population (1990) 19,800. It is situated to the southwest of the Baltimore city line. It is an older Baltimore suburb consisting of row and single-family houses and apartments, with some recent developments and several small industries. The University of Maryland's Baltimore County campus (1963) is to the west.