madrona
See also: madroña
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊnə
Noun
madrona (plural madronas or madrona)
- Alternative form of madrone.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin matrōna (“married woman”), from being used to induce labour in mothers.
Pronunciation
Noun
madrona f (plural madrones)
- clary sage
- Synonym: sàlvia romana
Further reading
- “madrona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007