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MADRONO (madornos)
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Irregular inflected form: madornos
Dictionary entry overview: What does madrono mean?
• MADRONO (noun)
The noun MADRONO 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: MADRONO 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 ("madrono" is a kind of...):
arbutus (any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America)
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