arbutus noun3 •A strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus.Many nights, though autumnal mists were spread around, I passed under an ilex - many times I have supped on arbutus berries and chestnuts, making a fire, gypsy-like, on the ground […] — 1826 •A mayflower or trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). •Arbute; wood of strawberry trees. formsarbuti · arbutuses