: a grape of any of several varieties that has been dried in the sun or by artificial heat
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Golden raisins typically contain sulfur dioxide and sulfites to maintain their light color, unlike dark raisins which generally don't require these additives.—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025 From a nutritional standpoint, grapes and raisins differ slightly.—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 21 June 2025 Sea salt chocolate chip, triple chocolate, s’mores, and oatmeal raisin are just a few of the choices.—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 What To Know The company, based in Spanish Fork, Utah, issued a recall for four of types of bagels, all gluten free—plain, cinnamon raisin, blueberry, and multigrain.—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for raisin
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Middle English, from Anglo-French, grape, raisin, from Latin racemus cluster of grapes or berries — more at raceme
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