madrigal
- n an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
- v sing madrigals
The group was madrigaling beautifully
madriporian coral
- n corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
madrona
- n evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning