n. 1. A variety of grape used to make white wine. 2. a. A full-bodied white wine with a spicy bouquet, made from this grape and produced in the Alsace region of France. b. A similar wine produced elsewhere. [German : Gewürz, spice (from Middle High German gewirz, collective of wurz, plant, root, from Old High German; see wrād- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + Traminer, grape variety (from Tramin, wine-growing district of the southern Tyrol).] |
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