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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