retsina

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Definition of retsina in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of retsina in English English dictionary

A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years

a Greek wine that tastes of the resin (=juice) of certain trees (rhetine; RESIN)

Greek wine flavored with resin

A Greek resinated white or rosé wine, that has been produced for at least 2700 years

Related Terms

retsina wine

Grape wine, containing not more than fourteen percent alcohol by volume, fermented or flavored with resin

Hyphenation

ret·si·na

Etymology

() From Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from ρετσίνι (retsíni, “resin”), from Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (“pine resin”).