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. --Shak.

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)