muscadine
a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick-skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties.
Origin of muscadine
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How to use muscadine in a sentence
He supposed it to have come from seed of Concord fertilized by Royal muscadine.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickThe species is often known, too, as the muscadine or Southern muscadine.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickTo those who profess to like a foxy grape, the Northern muscadine should be the grape par excellence.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickA thick tangle of muscadine and Cherokee roses led off from them right and left, hiding the trail of the long-vanished rail fence.
Sons and Fathers | Harry Stillwell EdwardsThe July sunshine filtered through the leaves of the big muscadine vine that covered and sheltered the tiny side porch.
Judith of the Cumberlands | Alice MacGowan
British Dictionary definitions for muscadine
/ (ˈmʌskədɪn, -ˌdaɪn) /
a woody climbing vitaceous plant, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southeastern US
Also called: scuppernong, bullace grape the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
Origin of muscadine
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