[syn: muscadine, bullace grape]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grapevine \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
grapes.
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Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is Vitis
vinifera, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
called Zante currants. The northern Fox grape of
the United States is the V. Labrusca, from which, by
cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
southern Fox grape, or Muscadine, is the V.
vulpina. The Frost grape is V. cordifolia, which
has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
frosts.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Muscadine \Mus"ca*dine\, n. [See Muscadel.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of
grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong,
or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent
stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.
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2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.
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3. (Zool.) See Muscardin.
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Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox
grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value.
Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color.
Called also golden chasselas.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
Muscadel.] (Zool.)
The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
[Written also muscadine.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
muscadine
n 1: native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many
cultivated varieties [syn: muscadine, Vitis
rotundifolia]
2: dull-purple grape of southern United States [syn:
muscadine, bullace grape]