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SAUVIGNON BLANC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sauvignon blanc mean?
• SAUVIGNON BLANC (noun)
The noun SAUVIGNON BLANC has 2 senses:
1. white wine grape grown in California
2. a California wine
Familiarity information: SAUVIGNON BLANC used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
White wine grape grown in California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Sauvignon blanc" is a kind of...):
common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)
Meronyms (substance of "Sauvignon blanc"):
Sauvignon blanc (a California wine)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A California wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("Sauvignon blanc" is a kind of...):
white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)
Holonyms ("Sauvignon blanc" is a substance of...):
Sauvignon blanc (white wine grape grown in California)
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