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Definition of Madroños
1. madrono [n] - See also: madrono
Lexicographical Neighbors of Madroños
Literary usage of Madroños
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"There are many varieties of oaks (which reach great size) ; also maples, yews,
birches, alders, sycamores, cottonwoods, aspens, madronos, etc. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... made masses of gray; and then there was many a dash of chocolate color from
clumps of manzanita, and jet of vivid crimson from the bark of the madronos; ..."
3. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"... to the day at rest. power — DEAD IN THE SIERRAS Hie footprints have failed
us, Where berries are red, And madronos are rankest, — The hunter is dead ! ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"... that she 'll be huntin' the woods off and on, and kinder looking after the
last pit near the madronos ; ye 'll give her grub and licker ez she likes. ..."
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