toyon

toyon
/toy"on, -ohn/
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. Also called Christmas berry.
[1840-50, Amer.; var. of tollon < MexSp tollón]

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