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ro⋅sé

[roh-zey]
–noun
a pink table wine in which the pale color is produced by removing the grape skins from the must before fermentation is completed.

Origin:
1425–75; < F: lit., pink
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ro·sé   (rō-zā')   
n.  A light pink wine made from purple grapes, with the skins being removed from the juice during fermentation as soon as the desired color has been attained.

[French (vin) rosé, pink (wine), from Old French, from rose, rose; see rose1.]
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