madroño

See also: madrono

English

Etymology

From Spanish madroño.

Noun

madroño (plural madroños or madroño)

  1. Alternative form of madrone

Anagrams

Spanish

madroño

    Etymology

    Uncertain, perhaps from Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts ~ martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Catalan maduixa (“strawberry”). Similar sense development in Galician amorogo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”). Replaced now dialectal (a)borto, from Old Spanish alborco, from Latin arbutus. Compare Portuguese medronho.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maˈdɾoɲo/, [maˈðɾoɲo]

    Noun

    madroño m (plural madroños)

    1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
    2. Fruit of the strawberry tree

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    See also

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