a. [ L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A white wine resembling Madeira in taste, but more tart, produced in Teneriffe, one of the Canary Islands; -- called also
n. [ L. teneritas. See Tender, a. ] Tenderness. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]