Definition of Madeira

Madeira
(n.)
A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
  

Madeira

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Noun
1. a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
(synonym) Madeira River
(hypernym) river
(part-holonym) Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Brasil
2. amber-colored dessert wine from Madeira
(hypernym) fortified wine
(hyponym) malmsey

madeira

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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.
madeira
nut (bot.), the european walnut; the nut of the juglans regia.

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 madeira nut 
 madeira wood 
 madeira vine 

Madeira
Maidéara

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