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Gewürztraminer

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A variety of grape used to make white wine.
  • noun A full-bodied white wine with a spicy bouquet, made from this grape and produced in the Alsace region of France.
  • noun A similar wine produced elsewhere.

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  • noun uncountable an aromatic white wine grape variety that performs best in cooler climates
  • noun countable a wine made from this grape

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German : Gewürz, spice (from Middle High German gewirz, collective of wurz, plant, root, from Old High German; see wrād- in Indo-European roots) + Traminer, grape variety (from Tramin, wine-growing district of the southern Tyrol).]

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Borrowing from German Gewürztraminer, from Gewürz ("spice") + Traminer.

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