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toyon
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toy·on  (toin)
n.
An evergreen Californian shrub (Heteromeles arbutifolia), having leathery leaves, small white flowers in large panicles, and red, fleshy, berrylike fruit. Also called Christmas berry.
[Spanish tollon, from Greek tolon.]
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Noun1.toyontoyon - 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
Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, Christmas berry, Christmasberry
genus Heteromeles, Heteromeles - one species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems


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