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Mer·lot    Audio Help   [mur-loh; Fr. mer-loh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, esp. in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
[Origin: < F: lit., young blackbird, deriv. of merle merle1, prob. alluding to the color of the grape]
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Mer·lot or mer·lot    Audio Help   (mər-lō', měr-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A variety of grape originating in southern France and Italy.
  2. A dry red wine made from this grape.


[French, young blackbird, merlot, diminutive of merle, blackbird (probably from the color of the grape), from Old French; see merle1.]

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merlot

noun
1. black wine grape originally from the region of Bordeaux 
2. dry red wine made from a grape grown widely in Bordeaux and California 

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