Madrone vs Manzanita - What's the difference?
madrone | manzanita |
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’:
Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos , especially , having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches.
* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter VIII
*:The horse groaned and started his running walk down the trail; Uncle Charley pursued him, breaking a twig off a manzanita bush and handing it up to Monica, who flailed the sorry brute across the shoulders and rump.
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As nouns the difference between madrone and manzanita
is that madrone is the strawberry tree, species: Arbutus unedo while manzanita is any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Arctostaphylos, especially species: Arctostaphylos manzanita, having smooth red or orange bark and stiff, twisting branches.madrone
English
Alternative forms
* madrona,Noun
(en-noun)- 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.
