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scuppernong

[ skuhp-er-nawng, -nong ]

noun

  1. a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
  2. the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the southern U.S.


scuppernong

/ ˈskʌpəˌnɒŋ /

noun

  1. a sweet American wine, slightly golden, made from a variety of muscadine grape
  2. another name for muscadine, the variety from which this wine is made
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scuppernong1

1805–15, Americanism; short for scuppernong grape, after a river in North Carolina
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scuppernong1

C19: named after Scuppernong River in North Carolina where the grape grows
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Example Sentences

She tendered me a chair; while her husband opened a sideboard, and brought forth a box of Havanas and a decanter of Scuppernong.

Also there was a cup of sweet wine, home-pressed from the berries the Indian scuppernong, to wash them down.

A seedling of Scuppernong pollinated by Vitis munsoniana; from Munson in 1896.

A seedling of Scuppernong crossed with a Lincecumii hybrid; from Munson, about 1898.

Indeed, where Vitis rotundifolia grows wild, all of the forms are often included in the term Scuppernong.

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