A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. --Shak.
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{Madeira nut} (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the {Juglans regia}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
madeira nut — noun see madeira III, 2 … Useful english dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon s leg.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Madeira nuts — Walnut Wal nut, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Juglans regia — 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. [1913 Webster] A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
JUGLANS REGIA L. S. L. - ОРЕХ ГРЕЦКИЙ — см. 236. Дерево. J. regia L. s. l. О. грецкий Gen. pl. ed. 1 (1737) 29. Культ. фл. СССР XVII (1936) 50. Дер. и куст. II (1951) 232; рис. Атлас лек. раст. (1962) 404, рис. Запрягаева (1964) 69, рис. S у n. J. fallax Dode; J. japonica Sieb.; J.… … Справочник растений
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