Meaning of arbuti | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“The wild olive, the laurel, the oleander, the agnos, various kinds of arbuti, the yellow jasmine, terebinth, lentiscus, and rosemary, with the myrtle and laburnum, richly decorate⟳ the margin of the river, while masses of aromatic plants and flowers exhale their varied perfumes and breathe⟳ their luscious odours through the scented air.”

“[…] on the left of which are steps leading to a pretty Coppice, composed of arbuti, Mediterranean heaths, and other shrubs; […]”

“The vegetation was more or less made up of arbuti, chestnut trees, vines, olives, and aloes.”

“It is the land⟳, too, of flowering and berried shrubs, Spirea, Berberris of several kinds (including our well-known B. aquifolium), Ribes, numerous Rubus, Gaultheria shalon, sometimes a tree 20 feet high—the Sal-lal of the Indians,—that most striking of arbuti, the Madroña tree, the lovely western dogwood (Cornus nuttallii), two beautiful elders, one red and one blue-berried (Sambucus arborescens and S. glauca), several Rhamnus, and five great blaeberries or Vaccinium, some red and some blue-berried, but all, as a rule⟳, 6 feet high.”

“But they live⟳ so much music and art and literature; they have⟳ such a peaceful and dignified grace; and their charm grows like⟳ a secret glade of arbuti: to the eye there is only the common beauty of green tangle but the scent perfumes the wind and makes the heart grow⟳ large and heavy with love⟳.”

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