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Gewürztraminer

(gə-vo͝ortsˈtrə-mēˌnər, -wûrtsˈ-)

noun
  1. A variety of grape used to make white wine.
  2. a. A white table wine with a spicy bouquet, made from this grape and produced in the Alsace region of France.
    b. A similar wine produced elsewhere.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: : Gewürz, spice (from Middle High German gewirz, collective of wurz, plant, root, from Old High German; see wrād- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + Traminer, grape variety (from Tramin, wine-growing district of the southern Tyrol)

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