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Madrean

Madrean adjective: pertaining to the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Adjective

Madrean (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Sierra Madre Occidental
    • He defined the Madrean archipelago as those island mountains with a pine-oak woodland.1995, Peter Warshall, “The Madrean Sky Island Archipelago: A Planetary Overview”, in Rocky Mountain Forest, Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report RM, page 6

Origin of Madrean

From Spanish madre + -an. Named for the Sierra Madre Occidental

Questions about Madrean

What does Madrean mean?
Madrean means pertaining to the Sierra Madre Occidental.
What part of speech is Madrean?
Madrean is an adjective.

Words near Madrean in the dictionary

  1. Madrassi
  2. Madrassis
  3. Madrazo
  4. Madrazos
  5. Madre de Dios
  6. Madrean
  7. Madrecha
  8. madreperl
  9. madreporal
  10. madreporarian
  11. madreporarians

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