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MADRONA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does madrona mean?
• MADRONA (noun)
The noun MADRONA has 1 sense:
1. evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
Familiarity information: MADRONA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arbutus menziesii; madrona; madrono; manzanita
Hypernyms ("madrona" is a kind of...):
arbutus (any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America)
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