Madrone Definition

madrone, madrones, madronos
noun
An evergreen tree (Arbutus menziesii) in the heath family, native to Pacific North America, having glossy leaves, small white flowers, flaky bark, and orange or red edible berries.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Madrone

Noun

Singular:
madrone
Plural:
madrones

Origin of Madrone

  • American Spanish madroño tree of the genus Arbutus from Spanish strawberry tree from Old Spanish from Mozarabic maṭroño probably from earlier armaṭrono (taken as Arabic al- the) (Mozarabic maṭroño) ultimately from alteration (perhaps influenced by Latin māteria tree trunk) (or mātūrus ripe) of Vulgar Latin arbutrus alteration of Latin arbutus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to madrone using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

madrone