Definition of "arbute" [arbute]

• The wood of the strawberry tree. (noun)

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• "We would have buried him in soft summer weather under sweet arbute trees, near the shore of some murmuring Italian sea."
• "Nor, I being thy husband, will there be wanting to thee chesnuts, nor the fruit of the arbute tree: [75] every tree shall be at thy service."
• "She feeds upon the leaves of the arbute tree, and bitter herbs, and instead of a bed the unfortunate {animal} lies upon the earth, that does not always have grass {on it}, and drinks of muddy streams."