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madeira

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madeira(n = noun.object) madeira river - a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River; Array

is a part of brasil, brazil, federative republic of brazil

is a kind of river

madeira(n = noun.location) Array - an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands; Array

is a kind of island

madeira(n = noun.food) Array - an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands; Array

has particulars: malmsey

madeira, 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. [1913 Webster]

"A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg." [1913 Webster]

Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

madeira, n.
1 a fortified white wine from the island of Madeira off the coast of N. Africa.
2 (in full Madeira cake) a kind of rich sponge cake.

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