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Ladrone vs Madrone - What's the difference?

ladrone | madrone |

As nouns the difference between ladrone and madrone

is that ladrone is a robber; a pirate; a rogue or rascal while madrone is the strawberry tree, species: Arbutus unedo.

ladrone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A robber; a pirate; a rogue or rascal.
  • *
    • But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
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    madrone

    English

    Alternative forms

    * madrona,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The strawberry tree, .
  • (US) Any of three local relatives:
  • # The Pacific madrone,
  • # The Arizona madrone,
  • # The Texas madrone,
  • * 1993 , Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, ‘Filipino Box Spring Hog’:
    • Dig 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.

    Derived terms

    * Mexican madrone, Mexican madrono, * Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono,

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