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realgar wine

realgar wine noun: a Chinese rice liquor mixed with realgar (arsenic sulfide), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Noun

realgar wine (uncountable)

  1. A Chinese rice liquor mixed with realgar (arsenic sulfide), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.
    Synonyms:
    xionghuang wine

Synonyms of realgar wine

Origin of realgar wine

Calque of Mandarin 雄黃酒 /雄黄酒 (xiónghuángjiǔ), 雄黄酒 (xiónghuángjiǔ, literally “realgar liquor”).

Questions about realgar wine

What does realgar wine mean?
Realgar wine means a Chinese rice liquor mixed with realgar (arsenic sulfide), traditionally consumed during the Dragon Boat Festival.
What part of speech is realgar wine?
Realgar wine is a noun.

Words near realgar wine in the dictionary

  1. realers
  2. reales
  3. realest
  4. realestate
  5. realgar
  6. realgar wine
  7. realgars
  8. realgymnasium
  9. realgymnasiums
  10. Reali
  11. realia

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