grape (gr p)n.1. Any of numerous woody vines of the genus Vitis, bearing clusters of edible berries and widely cultivated in many species and varieties. 2. The fleshy, smooth-skinned, purple, red, or green berry of a grape, eaten raw or dried as a raisin and widely used in winemaking. 3. A dark violet to dark grayish purple. 4. Grapeshot.
[Middle English, from Old French, bunch of grapes, hook, of Germanic origin.]
grap·ey, grap·y adj. grap i·ness n. | grape cluster of grapes on a vine |
grape Noun
a small round sweet juicy fruit with a purple or green skin, which can be eaten raw, dried to make raisins, currants, or sultanas, or used to make wine [Old French grape bunch of grapes]
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| Noun | 1. | grape - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clustersedible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh vinifera grape - grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially) |
| 2. | grape - any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berriesgrape - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface genus Vitis, Vitis - the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes fox grape, Vitis labrusca - native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes |
| 3. | grape - a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shotpellet, shot - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear" |
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