madroño

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See also: madrono

English

Etymology

From Spanish madroño.

Noun

madroño (plural madroños or madroño)

  1. Alternative form of madrone

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Basque mart- (blackberry; bramble), as in martotx (bramble), martsuts ~ martuza (blackberry). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Catalan maduixa (strawberry). Similar sense development in Galician amorogo, Portuguese morango (strawberry), both from amora (blackberry; bramble). Replaced now dialectal (a)borto, from Old Spanish alborco, from Latin arbutus. Compare Portuguese medronho.

Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈdɾoɲo/
  • Rhymes: -oɲo
  • Syllabification: ma‧dro‧ño

Noun

madroño m (plural madroños)

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
  2. fruit of the strawberry tree
  3. lemon drop mangosteen

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