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rhum agricole

rhum agricole noun: a form of rum specifically distilled from fresh sugarcane juice.

Noun

rhum agricole (uncountable)

  1. A form of rum specifically distilled from fresh sugarcane juice.
    • Pure sugar-cane juice can be fermented into a type of rum usually called rhum agricole or cachaça, and about 10 per cent of the world's rum is made this way. Almost all of this is produced either in Brazil or in former French colonies, though boutique distillers elsewhere are expanding on the style.2012, Richard Foss, Rum: A Global History, page 10
    • The French islands didn't have the luxury of a deep-pocketed navy bankrolling a rum industry. That's mainly because French sailors were drinking brandy... But one spirits-making tradition that has become synonymous with the French-controlled islands, particularly Martinique, is rhum agricole (rhum...2017, Jeff Cioletti, The Drinkable Globe..., pages 173-174

Origin of rhum agricole

From French rhum agricole (“agricultural rum”).

Questions about rhum agricole

What does rhum agricole mean?
Rhum agricole means a form of rum specifically distilled from fresh sugarcane juice.
What part of speech is rhum agricole?
Rhum agricole is a noun.

Words near rhum agricole in the dictionary

  1. Rhue
  2. Rhues
  3. Rhule
  4. Rhules
  5. rhum
  6. rhum agricole
  7. rhumb
  8. rhumb line
  9. rhumb lines
  10. rhumb sailing
  11. rhumb-line

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