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.”
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