madrone noun5 •A strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo). •(US) Any of three local relativesDig 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 •(US) A Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) •(US) A Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica) •(US) A Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) formsmadrones