cassis
noun/kæˈsiːs/
/kæˈsiːs/
(also crème de cassis)
[uncountable, countable] (from French)- a strong sweet alcoholic drink made with blackcurrantsWord OriginFrench, ‘blackcurrant’, apparently from Latin cassia, probably denoting the wild cinnamon, via Greek from Hebrew qěṣī‘āh.
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