different between ladrone vs madrone

English

Alternative forms

• ladron

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ladrón, from Latin latr?nem, accusative singular of latr?. Doublet of latron.

Noun

ladrone (plural ladrones)

1. A robber; a pirate; a rascal or rogue.

Anagrams

• Landore, Leonard, endoral

Italian

Etymology

From Latin latr?nem, accusative singular of latr?.

Noun

ladrone m (plural ladroni, feminine ladrona)

1. thief; robber (especially a highwayman)

Related terms

• ladro

Noun

ladrone f

1. plural of ladrona

Anagrams

• donarle, Leandro, lodarne

English

Alternative forms

• madrona, madroña, madrono, madroño

Etymology

Anglicization of Mexican Spanish madroño.

Noun

madrone (plural madrones or madrone)

1. The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo).
2. (US) Any of three local relatives:
   1. The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
   2. The Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica)
   3. The Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis)
   • 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, Mexican madroño
• Pacific madrone, Pacific madrono, Pacific madroño

Translations

Anagrams

• Dameron, Medrano, anoderm, dream on, enamor'd, mandore, omander, roadmen