madrone

plural madrones · alternative madrona · alternative madroña · alternative madrono · alternative madroño

1. A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
2. USAny of three local relatives

   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.

   1993, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Filipino Box Spring Hog

3. Any of three local relatives:
   1. USA Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
   2. USA Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
   3. USA Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)