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ma•dro•ne
(mə drō′nə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, esp. A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- Plant Biologythe pale reddish-brown wood of this tree.
- American Spanish madroño; Spanish: strawberry tree (ulterior origin, originally uncertain)
- 1835–45, American.
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