How to Use madrone in a Sentence

madrone

noun

• Drought has browned its grass and many of its pine and madrone trees.
  — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2021
• The ceiling is supported by arches made of the trunks of madrone trees with the bark left on.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 7 Mar. 2020
• The unique structure, made up of madrone logs and topped with a metal dome and a gorgeous blue glass ball, was the visual centerpiece of the back garden.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2021
• Trees include coastal redwoods, tanoaks, Douglas firs and madrones.
  — Elaine Ingalls, The Mercury News, 1 July 2019
• The passage between both these worlds is marked by the mature Pacific madrone trees perched high on the cliff, catching the golden light on their red-brown trunks.
  — Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2020
• Nature sets the tone and rhythm of the 38-room property, composed of a lodge, stand-alone treehouses, and 16 acres of redwoods, madrone trees, Douglas firs, and oaks.
  — Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2020
• Its handle, whether madrone or oak, has a satiny finish and a weight that is reassuring rather than burdensome.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
• Berleman said this is happening right now in the North Bay, as well as other parts of the greater Bay Area with woodlands that are made up primarily of oak and bay laurel, and sometimes douglas fir and madrone trees.
  — Kellie Hwang, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• On sunny days, the blue sky, green canopy and the red, peeling bark of Pacific madrones all swirl together, making an especially colorful hike.
  — OregonLive.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• With every sweep of his deft hands, impressionistic creations rise from such basic natural mediums as redwood, cedar and madrone trees or shale, basalt and even the simplest river rock.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 19 May 2017
• Imagine an ideal Sonoma hillside dotted with stately oak, Manzanita, and madrone trees.
  — Jennifer Fernandez, House Beautiful, 18 Sep. 2020
• Your tree is not a rhododendron but Arbutus menziesii or Pacific madrone (also called arbutus, madrona, madroño).
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
• Deciduous trees include Oregon white oak, California black oak, bigleaf maple, Pacific madrone, and golden chinkapin.
  — OregonLive.com, 17 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024