Epigaea repens

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Epigaea repens
    n 1: low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with
         leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white
         flowers [syn: {trailing arbutus}, {mayflower}, {Epigaea
         repens}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to
   arbor tree.]
   The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the
   Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the
   strawberry; the arbute tree.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of
      the Heath family ({Epig[ae]a repens}), having white or
      usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance,
      growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in
      the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called
      also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
      [1913 Webster]