cru
noun/kruː/
/kruː/
(plural crus
(specialist)/kruː/
/kruː/
)- in France, a vineyard (= piece of land where grapes are grown) or group of vineyards that produce wine of high quality; the wine that is producedWord OriginFrench, from crû, literally ‘growth’, past participle of croître.
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