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Definition of Toyon
1. Noun. Ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia.
Group relationships: Genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Toyon
1. Noun. a chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (''Heteromeles'' ''arbutifolia'') of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toyon
1. an ornamental evergreen shrub [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toyon
Literary usage of Toyon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"Every Christmas brings to market the so-called California holly or toyon. ...
In many places toyon bushes now fail to produce a crop of berries owing to the ..."
2. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"Protection of toyon or Christmas red-berry tree. [New.] i 402. Sale or exposing
animals affected with glanders, a misdemeanor. $ 402c. ..."
3. "The New Ceylon.": Being a Sketch of British North Borneo, Or Sabah. From by Joseph Hatton (1881)
"On the road to toyon the highest level above sea was 2300; toyon is situated at 1800
... Kina Balu bears from here due SW In the vicinity of toyon is Liput; ..."
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