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n. - Evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries.

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  • He came to a halt and stood quietly in the dense shadow of a madrona tree.
  • He never saw Elias standing quietly in the thick darkness created by the madrona tree.
  •      I wish I could tell how I went out this morning and discovered, under a canopy of rhododendron, madrona and redwood, a careful path.
  • Maestra's house sat high on the bluffs of the Magnolia District, so called because a botanically challenged early explorer had mistaken its profusion of madrona trees...
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