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  • noun Plural form of madrone.

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Examples

  • Jack was first attracted to the Sonoma Valley by its magnificent natural landscape, a unique combination of high hills, fields and streams, and a beautiful mixed forest of oaks, madrones, California buckeyes, Douglas Fir, and redwood trees.

    Jack London Biography 2010

  • They're challenging the district's assertion that felling the mature Douglas firs, Western red cedars and Pacific madrones wouldn't harm the environment.

    A huge victory for Save the Trees 2008

  • They're challenging the district's assertion that felling the mature Douglas firs, Western red cedars and Pacific madrones wouldn't harm the environment.

    Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans ordered by Mayor Nagin 2008

  • He fell in love with the place, its fertile soil, its ancient redwoods, firs, tanbark oaks, maples, madrones and manzanitas, its canyons, silvery streams and springs, and its isolation.

    Wolf House Burning: Page II 2004

  • On either side of the dirt roadway, where golden specks of pollen hang in the still air, are old oaks, California buckeyes, Douglas firs, redwoods, and madrones, their peeling bark like shaved chocolate.

    Wolf House Burning: Page I 2004

  • I imagine that were I outside I would hear the swallows chirping in the madrones or some such bucolic Californian thing.

    Saturday Morning in Campbell, CA | jlake.com 2004

  • I imagine that were I outside I would hear the swallows chirping in the madrones or some such bucolic Californian thing.

    2004 July | jlake.com 2004

  • Jack was first attracted to the Sonoma Valley by its magnificent natural landscape, a unique combination of high hills, fields and streams, and a beautiful mixed forest of oaks, madrones, California buckeyes, Douglas Fir, and redwood trees.

    A Short Jack London Biography 1956

  • One side is wrapped in shady solitude, with a quiet view to the water through firs and madrones.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Wunderlich Park features redwood forest, open meadows, beautiful oaks and madrones.

    Oy Bay! 2009

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