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bleu cheese

[bloo]
–noun
blue cheese.

Origin:
1955–60; F bleu for blue because certain highly prized blue cheeses come from France

blue cheese

–noun
a rich cheese in which the internal mold manifests itself in blue veins: made in France esp. from sheep's milk and elsewhere also from cow's milk and goat's milk.


Origin:
1920–25
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bleu cheese   (blōō)   
n.  See blue cheese.

[French, blue, from Old French; see blue.]
blue cheese  
n.  A semisoft cheese made of cow's milk and having a greenish-blue mold and strong flavor. Also called bleu cheese.
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