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retsina

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ret⋅si⋅na

[ret-suh-nuh, ret-see-nuh; Gk. re-tsee-nah]
–noun
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.

Origin:
1935–40; < ModGk < ML resina resin
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ret·si·na   (rět'sĭ-nə, rět-sē'nə)   
n.  A Greek white or rosé wine flavored with pine resin.

[Modern Greek, probably from Italian resina, resin, from Latin rēsīna; see resin.]
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