Ma*dei"ra (?), n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.]
A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg.
Shak.
Madeira nut Bot., the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.
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