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madeira2|məˈdɪərə|
In 7–8 madera.
[a. Sp. madera wood (= Pg. madeira: see prec.). The usual spelling is due to assimilation to Madeira1.]
A West Indian name for Mahogany (Swietenia Mahagoni). Also madeira wood.
1663Gerbier Counsel 108 Precious Woods are to be had..in the West-Indies, some..hard as Marble; besides rare Madera, and other variously figured. 1736Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XXXIX. 254 It is next in Beauty to what is here called Madera, which is the Mahogany of Jamaica. 1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 352 The trees on the Bahama islands..are known in Europe as Madeira wood. |