"wine-dark" meaning in English

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          "text": "He had that type of countenance which dim tradition was already beginning to assign to the Son of Man—the perfectly oval face, the waved and wine-dark hair, the glowing complexion, the eyes whose depths seemed to be lighted by some holy spiritual flame within—of Him who had been fairer than the children of men.",
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          "sense": "dark like wine",
          "word": "weinfarben"
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          "sense": "dark like wine",
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