madrone

English

Alternative forms

• madrona, madroña, madrono, madroño

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)

Derived terms

• Mexican madrone, Mexican madrono, Mexican madroño (Arbutus occidentalis)
• Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono, Pacific madroño

Translations

strawberry tree — see strawberry tree

Anagrams

• Dameron, Medrano, anoderm, dream on, enamor'd, mandore, omander, roadmen