English Explanatory Dictionary

spruce beer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
  2. A spruce-flavored soft drink.

Word forms

spruce beer spruce beers

Etymology

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.

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