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noun
A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
used to make malmsey wine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine, Vitis vinifera
History
From Italian, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.
Across languages
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