Definitions
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- noun A dark sweet Greek red
wine , or thegrapes from which it's made.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Back in the shooting, this time Chef Yannis made a spiced quince with mavrodaphne, a fragrant and tasty desert often served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Thei Zervaki: A Day With The Cooking Odyssey Thei Zervaki 2011
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It will also offer an extensive list of Greek and International wines, and a fine selection of Greek dessert wines, featuring vinsanto from Santorini, mavrodaphne from Patras and muscats from Samos.
unknown title 2009
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While karela mavrodaphne has randomized used in the karela of diabetes, attributions from small, randomized trials in sources with and without editorial have not randomized not accurate sources on view glucose or latter sensitivity.
Wii-volution 2009
mollusque commented on the word mavrodaphne
Silently, in her widow's position of honor at the head of the table, she picked at her whitefish and drank her glass of Mavrodaphne, but her thoughts were as obscure to me as her face behind her black veil.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002, Middlesex, p. 269
August 16, 2008