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grape
(grāp)
noun
- any of various small, round, smooth-skinned, juicy berries, generally purple, red, or green, growing in clusters on woody vines: grapes are eaten raw, used to make wine, or dried to make raisins
- any of various vines (genus Vitis) of the grape family that bear grapes, including fox grape and muscadine; grapevine
- a dark purplish red
- grapeshot
Origin: ME grap, replacing earlier winberie (see wine & berry) < OFr grape, bunch of grapes < graper, to gather with a hook < Frank *krappo (OHG chrapfo), a hook: for IE base see cradle
adjective
designating a family (Vitaceae, order Rhamnales) of dicotyledonous, tendril-bearing, climbing, woody vines, including the Virginia creeper
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noun
- Any of numerous woody vines of the genus Vitis, bearing clusters of edible berries and widely cultivated in many species and varieties.
- The fleshy, smooth-skinned, purple, red, or green berry of a grape, eaten raw or dried as a raisin and widely used in winemaking.
- A dark violet to dark grayish purple.
- Grapeshot.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French, bunch of grapes, hook
Origin: , of Germanic origin
.Related Forms:
- grap·ey, grap·y adjective
- grapˈi·ness noun
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