| madeira | 1. A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira. 2. <botany> Madeira nut, the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia. Origin: Pg, the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. Materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|