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CHENIN BLANC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chenin blanc mean? 

CHENIN BLANC (noun)
  The noun CHENIN BLANC has 2 senses:

1. white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of Franceplay

2. made in California and the Loire valley in Franceplay

  Familiarity information: CHENIN BLANC used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHENIN BLANC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

White grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Chenin blanc" is a kind of...):

common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)

Meronyms (substance of "Chenin blanc"):

Chenin blanc (made in California and the Loire valley in France)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Made in California and the Loire valley in France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("Chenin blanc" is a kind of...):

white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Holonyms ("Chenin blanc" is a substance of...):

Chenin blanc (white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France)


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