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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raisin  \Rai"sin\,  n.  [F.  raisin  grape,  raisin,  L.  racemus 
  cluster  of  grapes  or  berries;  cf  Gr  ?,  ?,  berry,  grape.  Cf 
  {Raceme}.] 
  1.  A  grape,  or  a  bunch  of  grapes.  [Obs.]  --Cotgrave. 
 
  2.  A  grape  dried  in  the  sun  or  by  artificial  heat. 
 
  {Raisin  tree}  (Bot.),  the  common  red  currant,  whose  fruit 
  resembles  the  small  raisins  of  Corinth  called  currants. 
  [Eng.]  --Dp.  Prior. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raisin 
  n  :  dried  grape 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Raisin,  CA 
  Zip  code(s):  93652 




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