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☆ to·yon (tō′yən)

noun

a large evergreen shrub or tree (Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family, with clusters of white flowers and bright-red berries: it is native to California

Etymology: AmSp, also tollon, prob. < Nahuatl name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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