1.
[syn: Madeira, Madeira River]
2. an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands;
3. an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak.
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Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the
Juglans regia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Madeira
n 1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn:
Madeira, Madeira River]
2: an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the
largest of the Madeira Islands
3: an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands