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noun
A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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noun
A spruce-flavored soft drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
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noun
a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brew, brewage
History
German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce.
