Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (
Arbutus Menziesii ), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called madroña apples; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning.
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- noun Alternative form of
madrone .
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
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I wish I could tell how I went out this morning and discovered, under a canopy of rhododendron, madrona and redwood, a careful path.
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Other tree octopus species — including the Douglas octopus and the red-ringed madrona sucker — were once abundant throughout the Cascadia region, but have since gone extinct because of threats similar to those faced by paxarbolis, as well as overharvesting by the now-illegal tree octopus trade.
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• Burn hard woods (oak, hickory, madrona, ash) rather than soft ones (fir, pine).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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• Burn hard woods (oak, hickory, madrona, ash) rather than soft ones (fir, pine).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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• Burn hard woods (oak, hickory, madrona, ash) rather than soft ones (fir, pine).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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• Burn hard woods (oak, hickory, madrona, ash) rather than soft ones (fir, pine).
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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The strawberry fields, Japanese produce farms, and stands of fir, cedar, and madrona trees have shrunk and expensively appointed houses have sprung up.
Without Pity Ann Rule 2003
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The strawberry fields, Japanese produce farms, and stands of fir, cedar, and madrona trees have shrunk and expensively appointed houses have sprung up.
Without Pity Ann Rule 2003
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Maestra's house sat high on the bluffs of the Magnolia District, so called because a botanically challenged early explorer had mistaken its profusion of madrona trees for an unrelated species that graced more southerly climes.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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Maestra's house sat high on the bluffs of the Magnolia District, so called because a botanically challenged early explorer had mistaken its profusion of madrona trees for an unrelated species that graced more southerly climes.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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