Crossword clues for madrona
The Collaborative International Dictionary
madrona \ma*dro"na\, madrona \ma*dro"[~n]a\, madrono \ma*dro"no\, n. [Sp. madro[~n]o.] (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 madro[~n]a apples; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning. [Written also madro[~n]o.]
Syn: madrona, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of madrone English)
n. (lb en rare) (alternative form of madrone English)
WordNet
Wikipedia
Madrona may refer to:
Madrona is a village in the municipality of Segovia, in the province of Segovia, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.
Category:Towns in Spain
Usage examples of "madrona".
Dean headed toward the house, ducking beneath the outstretched branches of an old madrona tree.
Polished red madrona trees slanted out from the shore, their roots clinging tenaciously to a thin layer of topsoil.
Beneath a huge madrona tree, he laid the blanket over the rocky ground, then gingerly set her down.
He set up a wooden lounge chair in the shade of an old madrona tree, placed it so that his brother could see all the way to the beach.
A final scramble over some rocks brought her to a narrow beach, screened by gracefully curved, red skinned madrona trees with shiny, dark-green leaves, far enough from the main path to deter carriers of picnic chests and folding chairs.
The strawberry fields, Japanese produce farms, and stands of fir, cedar, and madrona trees have shrunk and expensively appointed houses have sprung up.
I boiled tea with these hands gnarled unto dead madrona, and I took my sweet time.
She slowly struggled to her feet, then stood there, slightly crouched, under the low hanging branches of a vine-tangled madrona, waiting for enough blood to circulate through her brain for her to stay standing.
Nate instructed as he grabbed a leather lead from a hook on the side of the building, then slipped through the gate and approached the small herd standing beneath the bows of a madrona tree.
Aaron were already in back, on the patio, standing in the shade of a madrona tree, smoking and whispering.
Colarusso had a fine house in a Catholic neighborhood in the Madrona district.
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.
The Madrona outside her bedroom window cast a pale shadow over the bed, and I thought of the Harbingers, the hideous physicality of them.
I was a little boy, ten years old, standing by a big old madrona over by the old lime kiln, on Orcas, I thought about time.
From the look of it, the wood was fir, alder, and madrona, a good combination.