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eau de vie
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eau de vie  ( d v)
n. pl. eaux de vie (, z)
Colorless brandy distilled from fermented fruit juice.

[French eau-de-vie : eau, water + de, of + vie, life.]

eau de vie [əʊ də viː (French) od vi]
n
brandy or other spirits
[French, literally: water of life]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eau de vie - strong coarse brandy
brandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice


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From behind his bar, which is chock full of with a variety of bitters, specialty liqueurs, absinthes produced in France and eastern Europe, eau-de-vies and absinthe-like creations from California's Domaine Charbay and others, Dionysus gets to play with ingredients most other bars don't even carry.
The most fascinating is the poire Williams eau-de-vie known as poire prisonniere.
 
 
 
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