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.

Origin of scuppernong

1
1805–15, Americanism; short for scuppernong grape, after a river in North Carolina

Words Nearby scuppernong

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How to use scuppernong in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
  • A seedling of scuppernong pollinated by Vitis munsoniana; from Munson in 1896.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • A seedling of scuppernong crossed with a Lincecumii hybrid; from Munson, about 1898.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • Indeed, where Vitis rotundifolia grows wild, all of the forms are often included in the term scuppernong.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for scuppernong

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

Origin of scuppernong

1
C19: named after Scuppernong River in North Carolina where the grape grows

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