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rhenish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rhenish has 1 sense
- rhenish(n = noun.food) hock, rhine wine - any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage); Array is a kind of white wine
has particulars: riesling, liebfraumilch
Derived form adjective rhenish1
Adjective rhenish has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
rhenish, a. [L. Rhenus the Rhine. ].
Of or pertaining to the river Rhine; as, Rhenish wine. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rhenish, adj. & n.
--adj. of the Rhine and the regions adjoining it.
--n. wine from this area.
--adj. of the Rhine and the regions adjoining it.
--n. wine from this area.
Etymology
ME rynis, rynisch etc., f. AF reneis, OF r(a)inois f. L Rhenanus f. Rhenus Rhine
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