madreselva
Spanish, noun/madɾeˈselba/
madreselva is spelled M-A-D-R-E-S-E-L-V-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Madreselva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “honeysuckle, woodbine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mata fruticosa de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, con tallos largos, sarmentosos, trepadores y vellosos en…”.
What does madreselva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehoneysuckle, woodbine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mata fruticosa de la familia de las caprifoliáceas, con tallos largos, sarmentosos, trepadores y vellosos en las partes más tiernas; hojas opuestas de color verde obscuro por la haz, glaucas por el envés, elípticas y enteras; flores olorosas en cabezuelas terminales con largo pedúnculo y de corola amarillenta, tubular y partida por el borde en cinco lóbulos desiguales, y fruto en baya pequeña y ca 2. Flor de esta planta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of madreselva
- madreselvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce madreselva?
- /madɾeˈselba/
- [ma.ð̞ɾeˈsel.β̞a]
- [mað̞ɾeˈselβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to madreselva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is madreselva in Spanish?
madreselva appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).