sap·sa·go (s p-s  g , sps -g )n. pl. sap·sa·gos A hard green cheese made from skim-milk curd, colored and flavored with sweet clover. [Alteration of German Schabzieger : schaben, to scrape (from Middle High German, from Old High German skaban) + Zieger, whey, whey cheese (from Middle High German ziger, probably of Celtic origin).] |
sapsago [ˈsæpsəˌgəʊ]
n
(Cookery) a hard greenish Swiss cheese made with sour skimmed milk and coloured and flavoured with clover
[changed from German Schabziger, from schaben to grate + dialect Ziger a kind of cheese]
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| Noun | 1. | sapsago - a hard green Swiss cheese made with skim-milk curd and flavored with clover Swiss cheese - hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland |
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