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ret·si·na

(rĕt′sĭ-nə, rĕt-sē′nə)

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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retsina

(rɛtˈsiːnə; ˈrɛtsɪnə)

(Brewing) a Greek wine flavoured with resin

[Modern Greek, from Italian resina resin]

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ret•si•na

(rɛtˈsi nə)

n.

a strong, resinated wine of Greece and Cyprus.

[1935–40; < Modern Greek < Medieval Latin resina resin]

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