madrone
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño.
Noun edit
madrone (plural madrones or madrone)
- A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
- (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.
Derived terms edit
- Mexican madrone, Mexican madrono, Mexican madroño (Arbutus occidentalis)
- Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono, Pacific madroño
Translations edit
strawberry tree — see strawberry tree