10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENEVRETTE»
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The Chambers Dictionary
Also called Hollands or Hollands gin; see gin1. — n genevrette (jen-av-ref) a
wine made from wild fruits flavoured with juniper berries. [ODu genever, OFr
genevre, from Ljuniperus juniper; confused with town of Geneva] Genevan ji-ne'
vsn, adj ...
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A New and Improved Standard French and English and English ...
GENEVRETTE je-n-vret, sf. geneva, gin. GENEVRIER, sm. juniper tree.
GENEVRIERE je-n-vri-cr, */ a kind of partridge that feeds on juniper-berry plants.
GENICULE, E, adj. [bot.] V. Genouillkux. GENIE, sm. genius; familiar; humor, bept
, ...
Alexander G. Collot, 1856
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The treasury of botany ...
[R. H.] GENEVRETTE. A wine made from juniper berries. „ GENEVRIER.
Juniperus communis. — A L'ENCENS. Juniperus thunfera. — CADE. Juniperus
Oxycedrus. — FE- MELLE. Juniperus tamarisci folia. —MALE. Juniperus
cupressifolia.
John Lindley, Thomas Moore, 1866
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Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them
Its catkins, or flower- clusters, resemble those of the Yew, and its berries are
black. These berries are used in the distillation of gin, and a beer is made in
France, called Genevrette, from them, mixed with barley. The leaves of the shrub
are so ...
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Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum
They are used by the peasants, in some parts of France, to make a kind of beer,
which is called genevrette. For this purpose, they take equal parts of barley and
juniper berries, and, after boiling the barley about a quarter of an hour, they throw
...
John Claudius Loudon, 1854
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BENJAMIN H. BARTON, F.L.S. AND THOMAS CASTLE, M.D., F.L.S.
To Juniper-berries,* the well-known spirit called Hollands.f owes its peculiar
flavour : " Bruised and macerated in water, they yield, by fermentation, a pleasant
and wholesome drink, which is much used, under the name of genevrette, by the
...
THE BRITISH FLORA MEDICA; OR, HISTORY OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN., 1838
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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum, Or, the Trees and ...
They are used by the peasants, in some parts of France, to make a kind of beer,
which is called genevrette. For this purpose, they take equal parts of barley and
juniper berries, and, after boiling the barley about a quarter of an hour, they throw
...
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North American Cornucopia: Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants
Today, juniper fruits are commonly fermented to produce alcoholic beverages
such as beer and brandy. In France, they are fermented with barley to make
genevrette, a kind of beer. Essential oil is also extracted from juniper fruits and is
used ...
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A general commercial dictionary: comprehending trade, ...
Pot. Drogie kamienie. Lat. Lapides pretiosi, Gemma?,) a common name for all
precious stones ; as the diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, turquoise, opal, agate
, crystal, &c. GENEVA, or Gin, (Ger. Gaud. Dir. Genever. Fr. Genevrette. It. Acqua
di ...
Thomas Mortimer, William Dickinson, 1819
10
A report on the trees and shrubs growing naturally in the ...
They are used by the peasants in some parts of France, to make a kind of beer,
which is called genevrette. For this purpose they take equal parts of barley and
juniper berries, and, after boiling the barley about a quarter of an hour, throw in
the ...
George Barrell Emerson, Massachusetts. Zoological and Botanical Survey, 1846
