madrone

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Etymology

Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño.

Noun

madrone (plural madrones or madrone)

  1. A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
  2. (US) Any of three local relatives:
    • 1993, Tom Waits, 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.
    1. A Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
    2. A Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
    3. A Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)

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