chenin blanc

1. 1.

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

   Broadervinifera
2. 2.

   made in California and the Loire valley in France

   Broaderwhite wine

Questions about chenin blanc

What does chenin blanc mean?

chenin blanc means "white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is chenin blanc a common word?

chenin blanc is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.