MALVASIA

malvasia

(noun) grape used to make malmsey wine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

malvasia (countable and uncountable, plural malvasias)

A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.

Source: Wiktionary



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