madrone

madrone

English

Alternative forms

• madrona, madroña, madrono, madroño

Etymology

Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño.

Noun

madrone (plural madrones or madrone)

1. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
2. (US) Any of three local relatives:
   1. The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
   2. The Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
   3. The Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)
   • 1993, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, ‘Filipino Box Spring Hog’:

     Dig a big pit in a dirt alley road / Fill it with madrone and bay / Stinks like hell and the neighbours complain / Don't give a hoot what they say.

Derived terms

• Mexican madrone, Mexican madrono, Mexican madroño
• Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono, Pacific madroño

Translations

strawberry tree — see strawberry tree

Anagrams

• Dameron, Medrano, anoderm, dream on, enamor'd, mandore, omander, roadmen