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  • noun Alternative spelling of madroño.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

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Examples

  • And when she did permit herself to think a little gravely, it was to admit that Shaw and the sages of the madrono grove might be right in their diatribes on the hunting proclivities of women.

    CHAPTER XXVI 2010

  • He found himself in a partly new flora, to which she was the guide, pointing out to him all the varieties of the oaks, making him acquainted with the madrono and the manzanita, teaching him the names, habits, and habitats of unending series of wild flowers, shrubs, and ferns.

    Chapter XV 2010

  • He had been at work here, and a steep and slippery horse trail now crossed the creek, so they rode up beyond, through the somber redwood twilight, and, farther on, through a tangled wood of oak and madrono.

    Chapter XXIV 2010

  • Thus, on the ranch here, a patteran could be made of manzanita and madrono, of oak and spruce, of buckeye and alder, of redwood and laurel, of huckleberry and lilac.

    CHAPTER XVII 2010

  • The sages from the madrono grove strayed in for wordy dinners — ­and wordy evenings, except when Paula played for them.

    CHAPTER XVII 2010

  • On either side of the glade was a fence, of the old stake-and-rider type, though little of it was to be seen, so thickly was it overgrown by wild blackberry bushes, scrubby oaks and young madrono trees.

    THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY 2010

  • He now found himself in a nook of several acres, where the oak and manzanita and madrono gave way to clusters of stately redwoods.

    Chapter VIII 2010

  • The sages of the madrono grove were at table, and, with Paula, Dick and Graham, made up the dinner party of seven.

    CHAPTER XXII 2010

  • Back in the house, Dick found Paula playing to the madrono sages, and ensconced himself on the couch to wait and wonder if she would kiss him good night when bedtime came.

    CHAPTER XXIII 2010

  • Sometimes, when all seemed fair, the lack was a railroad, sometimes madrono and manzanita trees, and, usually, there was too much fog.

    CHAPTER XVII 2010

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