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colombard

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col⋅om⋅bard

[kol-uhm-bahrd]
–noun
1. a dry white wine, made esp. in California.
2. the white grape used to make this wine.
Also called French colombard.


Origin:
< F colombar(d), equiv. to colombe dove (< L columba) + -ard -ard; presumably alluding to the color of the grapes
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