Found 2 items, similar to madeira.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Madeira
Madeira
n 1: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River [syn:
Madeira River
]
2: amber-colored dessert wine from Madeira
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Madeira
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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