arch. or poet. Also 6–7 arbut. [ad. L. arbutus.] = ARBUTUS. Also attrib.
1551. Turner, Herbal (1568), 41. The fruite of the arbut tree.
1697. Dryden, Virg. Georg., II. 96. The thin-leav’d Arbute Hazle Graffs receives.
1846. Longf., To a Child, iii. In falling, clutched the wild arbute.
1866. Conington, Æneid, XI. 368. Weave … Of oaken branch and arbute spray A funeral bier.
