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Wincarnis

Wincarnis proper noun: a spiced British tonic wine, popular in Jamaica and some other former British colonies.

Proper noun

Wincarnis

  1. A spiced British tonic wine, popular in Jamaica and some other former British colonies.

Origin of Wincarnis

Trade name, from wine and Latin carnis (“of meat”); the original 19th-century formulation contained Liebig's extract, from meat.

Questions about Wincarnis

What does Wincarnis mean?
Wincarnis means a spiced British tonic wine, popular in Jamaica and some other former British colonies.
What part of speech is Wincarnis?
Wincarnis is a proper noun.

Words near Wincarnis in the dictionary

  1. Winbush
  2. Winbushes
  3. Winby
  4. Winc
  5. Wincanton
  6. Wincarnis
  7. wince
  8. Winceby
  9. winced
  10. wincer
  11. wincers

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