muscadine

  • 11muscadine — /mus keuh din, duyn /, n. a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties. [1535 45; MUSCAD(EL) + INE1] * * * …

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  • 12muscadine — noun a) An American vine of the subgenus Muscadinia b) A grape variety from this vine; the wine produced from these grapes …

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  • 13muscadine — mus·ca·dine || mÊŒskÉ™dɪn n. dull purplish grape that has a musky flavor (indigenous to the southern USA) …

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  • 14muscadine — [ mʌskədɪn, ʌɪn] noun a wine grape with a musky flavour, native to Mexico and the south eastern US. [Vitis rotundifolia.] Origin prob. an alt. of muscatel …

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  • 15muscadine — n. See muscadel …

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  • 16muscadine — mus·ca·dine …

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  • 17muscadine — mus•ca•dine [[t]ˈmʌs kə dɪn, ˌdaɪn[/t]] n. pln a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties • Etymology: 1865–70, amer.; obscurely akin to muscadel… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18Muscadine —    voir Vitis rotundifolie …

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  • 19muscadine — n. a variety of grape with a musk flavour, used chiefly in wine making. Etymology: perh. Engl. form f. Prov. MUSCAT …

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  • 20Northern muscadine — 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… …

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