The Collaborative International Dictionary
Madeira nut
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.