Meaning of GRAPEVINE
| Pronunciation: | | 'greyp`vIn
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- [n] gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
- [n] any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
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| | Synonyms: | | grape, pipeline, word of mouth |
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| | See Also: | | comment, common grape vine, fox grape, genus Vitis, gossip, muscadine, scuttlebutt, vine, vinifera, vinifera grape, Vitis, Vitis labrusca, Vitis rotundifolia, Vitis vinifera | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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}.
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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| Computing Dictionary |
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