Scuppernong Definition

skŭpər-nông, -nŏng
noun
A golden-green grape of the S U.S.
Webster's New World
A sweet, light-colored wine made from this grape.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Scuppernong

Noun

Singular:
scuppernong
Plural:
scuppernongs

Origin of Scuppernong

  • Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an Algonquian word. Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s.

    From Wiktionary

  • After the Scuppernong River in northeast North Carolina

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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