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}.