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crus

[kruhs, kroos] / krʌs, krus /
NOUN
shank
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NOUN
shin
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Meadows calls the domaine’s namesake wine an aggregator of the top qualities of all the grands crus, Burgundy’s top-tier vineyards, forming a mystical combination of aromatics and liquid silk.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

The wine list ranged from grand crus to top producers’ “basic” Bourgognes, at prices close to or below U.S. retail.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

Burgundy has seven regional appellations, 44 villages, 662 vineyards designated as premier cru and 33 grands crus.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2022

Next were the premier crus, particularly good vineyards that not only expressed the traits of the village but added their own distinguishing attributes.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2022

The tendon of insertion is formed approximately one-half the way down the crus.

From Myology and Serology of the Avian Family Fringillidae A Taxonomic Study by William B. Stallcup

On the front and under surface, the midbrain separates slightly as if to form two pillars, which are called the crura cerebri, or cerebral peduncles.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters

Through the crura pass the splanchnic nerves, and in addition to these the left crus is pierced by the vena azygos minor.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Anatomical studies have corroborated this finding by demonstrating a definite sphincteric mechanism consisting of muscle bands springing from the crura of the diaphragm and surrounding the esophagus at the under surface of the hiatus.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

A part of the brain formed by the union of the crura cerebri and cerebelli.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter

The longitudinal fibres ascend from the medulla oblongata and leave the pons by emerging from its upper surface as fibres of the two crura cerebri.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various




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