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Retsina N Kind White Wine Flavored Pine Resin

Word retsina
Definition n. A kind of white wine flavored with pine resin (originally used to seal the container).
Sentence At that moment [Arthur] remembered that in the bag he was now carrying was not only a can of Greek olive oil but a duty-free allowance of retsina, and in the pleasurable shock of that realization he failed to notice for at least ten seconds that he was now flying again.
Source Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe, and Everything, ch. 20

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