spruce beer

noun

a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.

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Origin of spruce beer

First recorded in 1490–1500

Words nearby spruce beer

sprocket hole, sprog, sprout, spruance, spruce, spruce beer, spruce beetle, spruce budworm, spruce gall aphid, spruce grouse, spruce pine
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British Dictionary definitions for spruce beer

spruce beer

noun

an alcoholic drink made of fermented molasses flavoured with spruce twigs and cones
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