madrone

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Noun

madrone (plural madrones)

1. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
2. (US) Any of three local relatives:
   1. The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
   2. The Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
   3. The Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)
   • 1993, Tom Waits and 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.

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