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spruce beer

spruce beer noun: a kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.

Noun

spruce beer (countable and uncountable, plural spruce beers)

  1. (Canada, US) A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
  2. (Canada, US) A spruce-flavored soft drink.

Forms of spruce beer

pluralspruce beers

Origin of spruce beer

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.

Questions about spruce beer

What does spruce beer mean?
Spruce beer means a kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
What part of speech is spruce beer?
Spruce beer is a noun.
What is the plural of spruce beer?
The plural of spruce beer is spruce beers.

Words near spruce beer in the dictionary

  1. SPRTs
  2. Sprucan
  3. spruce
  4. spruce aphid
  5. spruce aphids
  6. spruce beer
  7. spruce beers
  8. spruce cone
  9. spruce cones
  10. spruce grouse
  11. spruce grouses

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