Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Madeira"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Madeira \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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Madeira
n 1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn: {Madeira},
{Madeira River}]
2: amber-colored dessert wine from Madeira [syn: {Madeira}]
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