n.
Pronunciation: s ē - ' rä
Function: noun
Etymology: French syrah, syrac
Date: 1974
1 : a grape whose skin has a dark blue to bluish-black color that was orig. grown in the northern valley of the Rhone and is now widely grown elsewhere (as in California and Australia) also : a vine producing Syrah grapes
2 : a red wine made from Syrah grapes