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mavrodaphnes

mavrodaphnes is the plural of mavrodaphne.

Meaning of mavrodaphne

Noun

mavrodaphne (usually uncountable, plural mavrodaphnes)

  1. (usually) A dark sweet Greek red wine.
    • SALTSA MAVRODAPHNI
      [Sweet mavrodaphne wine sauce]
      A wonderful use of the superb mavrodaphne wine, very new, very Athenian.1992, Vilma Chantiles, Food of Greece, page 347
  2. (usually) A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
    • He^([Gustav Clauss]) established vineyards in the area, using local grapes, especially the “black grape of Dafne,” mavrodaphne. He created the sweet style of mavrodaphne known today.2012, Joel Butler, Randall Heskett, Divine Vintage: Following the Wine Trail from Genesis to the Modern Age, page 223

Questions about mavrodaphnes

What is mavrodaphnes the plural of?
Mavrodaphnes is the plural of mavrodaphne.

Words near mavrodaphnes in the dictionary

  1. mavournin
  2. mavournins
  3. Mavridis
  4. mavrilimumab
  5. mavrodaphne
  6. mavrodaphnes
  7. mavrone
  8. Mavrud
  9. Mavruds
  10. MAVs
  11. maw

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