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madrono

madrono 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 madrono

pluralmadronos

Questions about madrono

What is madrono the alternative form of?
Madrono is the alternative form of madrone.

Words near madrono in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: madrono (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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