retsina
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of retsina
1935–40; < Modern Greek < Medieval Latin resina resin
Example Sentences
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Nor do I think they confuse other Greek wines with retsina, a traditional wine flavored with the sap of the Aleppo pine, which tourist manuals over generations have warned people to avoid.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021
Intrepid wine lovers might want to take a chance with a retsina.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021
She offered a bottle of retsina to any woman who could replicate this feat for 10 seconds.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019
"Costa del Ephesus, big hair, slightly 80s, too much retsina, and recognisable tunes, sung mariachi-style," is how Hall puts it.
From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2011
Around Gaios, there are places where you can anchor stern-to the quay, as the skippers did in Homer's time, sip retsina and sample seafood at a waterfront caf�.
From Time Magazine Archive
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