madrone
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- noun
- /məˈdroʊn/
- US
:
madroño
- The branches of the madrone tree are known for their distinctive smooth red bark and glossy leaves.
- madrone tree
- madrone-filled canyon
Examples
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On our hike, we noticed a striking madrone tree with its beautiful white flowers blooming in spring.
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What would it take to plant a few madrone, ceanothus, manzanita, and oak?
Blog text (17) -
One day in springtime, Pineifich rested in the shade of an old madrone tree.
Fiction book (2002) -
On her afternoon walks through the dry foothill scrub and madrone trees, Cathy would pass the old boarded-up mouth on the knoll above the big cave.
Fiction book (1997) -
You'll meander through grassland and chaparral-swathed hills with sweeping views, gorgeous redwood forests, madrone, and coast live oak.
Blog text (25) -
He swings onto her long driveway, swerves with it around the old madrone tree with its two trunks—the original upright one dead and gray, the other rich red one pushing out at an angle, almost as thick.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the coastal regions, you can often find madrone trees growing alongside other native species.
Synonyms
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An evergreen tree with smooth red bark and orange berries
A large evergreen tree with smooth red bark, glossy leaves, orange edible berries, and wood used for furniture
An evergreen tree with smooth red bark, shiny thick leaves, and orange-red berries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Madrone comes from Spanish madroño, the name for the 'strawberry tree' Arbutus, so a helpful image is a tree with glossy leaves, white flowers, red bark and red berries to remember the word.