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单词 toyon
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toyon

[ toi-on, -ohn ]
/ ˈtɔɪ ɒn, -oʊn /

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.

Origin of toyon

1840–50, Americanism; variant of tollon<Mexican Spanish tollón

Words nearby toyon

toy dog, toyetic, toymaker, Toynbee, Toyohashi, toyon, Toyonaka, Toyota, toyshop, toytown, toy-toy
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Example sentences from the Web for toyon

  • And so Mary and I came with a garden-trowel and a glass fruit-jar to the foot of the big Monterey pine near the toyon.

    Insect Stories|Vernon L. Kellogg
  • On the death of a toyon, or chief, one of his slaves is killed and burned with him.

    The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies|Robert Gordon Latham
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