Madrone vs Padrone - What's the difference?
madrone | padrone |
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’:
A patron; a protector.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian labourers, street musicians, etc.
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between madrone and padrone
is that madrone is the strawberry tree, while padrone is a patron; a protector.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.