madrone
nounEtymology Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño.
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:
› Any of three local relatives:
3
US A Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
4
US A Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
5
US A Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)
- Derived terms
- Mexican madrone, Mexican madrono, Mexican madroño, Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono, Pacific madroño