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madroña

madroña is the alternative form of madrone.

Meaning of madrone

Noun

madrone (plural madrones or madrone)

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

Forms of madroña

pluralmadroñas

Questions about madroña

What is madroña the alternative form of?
Madroña is the alternative form of madrone.

Words near madroña in the dictionary

  1. madronas
  2. madrone
  3. madrones
  4. madrono
  5. madronos
  6. madroña
  7. madroñas
  8. madroño
  9. madroños
  10. Madruga
  11. Madrugas

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: madroña (page history and authors); madrone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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