Toyon (noun)
toi-on
An evergreen, rosaceous shrub or small tree, Heteromeles arbutifolia (or Photinia arbutifolia ), of California and northern Mexico, having clusters of small, white flowers and bright red berries.
1840–50, Americanism; variant of tollon from Mexican Spanish tollón
Example sentences
“The toyon grew all along the border, stunning in flower and fruit.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
