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Grapy

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grape  (grp)
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.
grapi·ness n.
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Adj.1.grapy - having a taste like that of grapes; "a grapey wine"
tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"


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For feel-good Italian wine gift giving, sparkling red Lambrusco is a festive season favorite, but remember that to bring out the best in its rustic, grapy character you need to serve it cold.
A blend of gewarztraminer and moscatel, it is luscious and aromatic with gorgeous grapy tropical-fruitiness.
JOHN LEONARD, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, 3/17/80 "Like a sentry or a detective, Anne Tyler seems to notice everything: the pale fluorescent gloom of laundromats, pockets filled with lint-covered jellybeans, the smell of crabcakes and coconut oil on a Delaware beach, grapy veins in the calves of middle-aged mothers.
 
 
 
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