merroir

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The complete set of local conditions in which seafood is raised. The total characteristics or phenotype of an organism due to attributes such as harvest and cultivation technique, salinity, tides, local food sources, seasonality, and climate. uncountable
    — But unlike the nuanced terroir in the wine bottle, which can be difficult to grasp, the “merroir” in an oyster shell is quite easily detected.

词源

Neologism from French mer (“sea”) + terroir.
Coined by Seattle Times food writer Greg Atkinson in March 2003.
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