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Madeira
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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.
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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