SAPSAGO

sapsago

(noun) a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

Sapsago

A dry, hard cheese made from skimmed cowsmilk and herbs, originating from Switzerland.

Synonyms

• Schabziger

• serac, sĂ©rac

Source: Wiktionary


Sap"sa*go, n. Etym: [G. schabzieger; schaben to shave, to scrape + zieger a sort of hey.]

Definition: A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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