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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.
(01 Mar 1998)
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