Bordeaux
nounUS /bɔɹˈdoʊ/ · UK /bɔːˈdəʊ/
Etymology Borrowed from French Bordeaux (Middle French Bordeaulx), from Occitan Bordèu, from Old Occitan Bordel, from Latin Burdigala, from a Proto-Celtic root.
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A wine coming from that area.
- We had a nice bottle of Bordeaux last night.
- Some fine Bordeauxes and Cabernets actually grow smoother as they sit, and are better served seven or eight years old.1989, Upscale: The Successful Black Magazine, page 68:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of Bordeaux mixture.
- The two Bordeauxs used differed only in the percentage of lime which they contained.1898, Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Stations:
- The patent Bordeauxs which are on the market have not been shown to be any less liable to produce injury than the home-made mixtures, amd many of them have proven quite inefficient in controlling diseases.1911, Station Bulletin, volumes 152–165, page 28:
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- Contrary to the views of many of the backers of Pickering Bordeaux, we have found a three to one Bordeaux just as good a fungicide as a Bordeaux in which only just enough lime is used to throw down all of the copper as a precipitate.1925, Drug and Chemical Markets, volume 16, page 338:
- Avoid overhead irrigation After harvest and before fall rains, prune out and destroy old wood and apply a Bordeaux or a fixed copper fungicide. Spray again in spring when new laterals are leafing out[.]1998, Pests of the Garden and Small Farm: A Grower's Guide:
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Claret (color).