Madeira wood \Madeira wood\ (Bot.) (a) The mahogany tree ({Swietenia Mahogoni}). (b) A West Indian leguminous tree ({Lysiloma Latisiliqua}) the wood of which is used for boat trimming.
Lysiloma latisiliqua n : a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods [syn: {wild tamarind}, {Lysiloma bahamensis}]