sambuca
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Noun — An Italian liqueur produced from elderberries with a flavouring of liquorice, traditionally served alongside three coffee beans representing health, wealth and fortune — or, in another telling, past, present and future.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sambuca, from Latin sambūcus (“elder tree”), because of a similar 19th-century liqueur flavoured with elderflower. Modern sambuca, which does not necessarily contain elderberry, began to be marketed in 1971.
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