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Meanings of madrono in English

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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Usage of madrono in English
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There's a trail to the right of the big madrono tree.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
2
He was as clean and refreshing looking as a madrono-tree in the dust-blown forest.
The Three Partners
3
The sages from the madrono grove strayed in for wordy dinners-­andwordy evenings, except when Paula played for them.
The Little Lady of the Big House
4
The summerhouse was a quaint stockade of dark madrono boughs thatched with red-wood bark, strongly suggestive of deeper woodland shadow.
Maruja
5
The distinguishing madrono near the entrance to the rancho had changed its crimson summer suit and masqueraded in buff and green.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
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It was the first time the sages of the madrono grove had heard Dick's song, and they were loud in applause.
The Little Lady of the Big House
7
On entering the deeper defiles, above them towered dark green masses of pine, and occasionally the madrono shook its bright scarlet berries.
Legends and Tales
8
The sages of the madrono grove were at table, and, with Paula, Dick and Graham, made up the dinner party of seven.
The Little Lady of the Big House
9
You'll find him under that big madrono, if he has not already wound himself up with his lariat by walking round it.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
10
He had scarcely reached the madrono tree again and remounted his horse, before he heard the sound of hoofs approaching from the road.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
11
He now found himself in a nook of several acres, where the oak and manzanita and madrono gave way to clusters of stately redwoods.
Burning Daylight
12
Her skin was olive, inclining to yellow, or rather to that exquisite shade of buff to be seen in the new bark of the madrono.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
13
Again we climbed a ridge, this time riding under red-limbed madronos and manzanitas of deeper red.
The Iron Heel
14
Their tops were crowned with century-old spruce trees, and their sides clothed with oaks and madronos and native holly.
Burning Daylight
15
I managed to stammer out something about the Madrono berries being at her "disposicion" (the tree was in her own garden!
The Bell-Ringer of Angel's, and Other Stories
16
"One o' the big pines above the Madrono pit has blown over into the run," she said.
Flip: A California Romance
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