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muscadine
n.
dull purplish grape that has a musky flavor (indigenous to the southern USA)
Vitis rotundifolia
Vitis rotundifolia, or
muscadine, is a
grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central
United States from
Florida to
Delaware, west to eastern
Texas and
Oklahoma. It has been extensively cultivated since the 16th century. The plants are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer
chilling hours than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.
muscadine
Noun
1. native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties
(synonym) Vitis rotundifolia
(hypernym) grape, grapevine
(member-holonym) Vitis, genus Vitis
(part-meronym) bullace grape
2. dull-purple grape of southern United States
(synonym) bullace grape
(hypernym) grape
(hyponym) scuppernong
(part-holonym) Vitis rotundifolia
muscadine
nf.
muscadine, dull purplish grape that has a musky flavor (indigenous to the southern USA)
Muscadine
(n.)
See Muscardin.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A fragrant and delicious pear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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