Defn: A large silk-and-cotton kerchief, usually of bright colors, such as those often used by negroes for turbans.
A black woman in blue cotton gown, red-and-yellow madras turban . . . crouched against the wall. G. W. Cable.
MADREPERL
Ma"dre*perl, n. Etym: [It. madreperla.]
Defn: Mother-of-pearl.
MADREPORA
Mad`re*po"ra, n. Etym: [NL. See Madre.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes
than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly
branched.
— Mad`re*po"ral, a.
MADREPORARIA
Mad`re*po*ra"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Madrepore.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa. — Mad`re*po*ra"ri*an, a. & n.
MADREPORE Mad"re*pore, n. Etym: [F. madrepore, perh. fr. madré spotted, fr. OF. madre, mazre, a kind of knotty wood with brown spots, fr. OHG. masar a knot, grain, or vein in wood, a speck, G. maser + pore (see Pore); or perh. F. madrépore is rather from It. madrepora, and this perh. fr. It. madre mother (see Mother) + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any coral of the genus Madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.