sea grape

American  

noun

1. a tropical American tree, Coccoloba uvifera, of the buckwheat family, bearing grapelike clusters of edible purple berries.

2. the fruit itself.

3. a gulfweed.

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Etymology

Origin of sea grape

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Some settled in the Towers, constructed in 1980 and fringed by palm and sea grape trees while boasting a heated swimming pool, valet parking, sauna and tennis courts.

From Los Angeles Times

One Sunday, we drive out to the beach and cut down a small sea grape tree, paint it white, and hang it with our lights that look like nose droppers filled with colored water.

From Literature

Lizards and iguanas rustle in sea grape leaves and sun themselves on volcanic and limestone rocks.

From New York Times

Beheaded palm trees and white sand beaches shorn of their shady sea grape trees testify to Bahia Honda’s location near the eye of Irma.

From New York Times

But her first-floor beach apartment in a modern development in Vega Baja, to the west of San Juan, was unscathed and now, for the moment, had an ocean view of sorts, since Maria had carved out a triangle-shaped opening between the once dense sea grape trees she could see from her living room.

From New York Times