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ou⋅zo

  [oo-zoh; Gk. oo-zaw]
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–noun
an anise-flavored, colorless liqueur of Greece.
Origin:
1895–1900; < ModGk oûzo(n); etym. uncert.
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ou·zo   (ōō'zō)   
n.   pl. ou·zos
A colorless, unsweetened Greek liqueur flavored with anise.

[Modern Greek.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

ouzo 
liquor flavored with aniseed, 1898, from Mod.Gk. ouzo, of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives from It. uso Massalia, lit. "for Marsailles," which was stamped on selected packages of silkworm cocoons being shipped from Thessaly, and came to be taken in Gk. for "of superior quality."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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