Lachryma Christi

[lak-ruh-muh kris-tee]

Lach·ry·ma Chris·ti

[lak-ruh-muh kris-tee]
noun
1.
a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
2.
a medium dry, sparkling wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy.


Origin:
1605–15; < Latin lachryma Christī literally, tear of Christ
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Lachryma Christi has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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lachryma Christi (ˈlækrəmə ˈkrɪstɪ)
 
n
a red or white wine from the bay of Naples in S Italy
 
[C17: from Latin: Christ's tear]

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