retsina
nounUK /ɹɛtˈsiːnə/
Etymology Borrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from Byzantine Greek ῥετσίνα (rhetsína), from Italian resina (“resin”). Doublet of resin.
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A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
- She serves the smooth retsina / She keeps me safe and warm / It's just the calm before the storm1977, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, “Home at Last”, in Aja, performed by Steely Dan:
- Derived terms
- retsina wine