Cryptic crossword clue
Wine’s absorbed effectively opening blood vessels 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word VEINS

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What does VEINS mean?

VEINS noun
  1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
  2. (in plural) The entrails of a shrimp.
  3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
  4. The nervure of an insect’s wing.
  5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
  6. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
  7. A style, tendency, or quality.
  8. A fissure, cleft or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.
VEINS verb
  1. To mark with veins or a vein-like pattern.

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