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rai·sin

n) KEY

NOUN:

A sweet grape dried either in the sun or by artificial means.
A deep brownish purple.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, grape, from Vulgar Latin *racmus, from Latin racmus, bunch of grapes

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