grape vine

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grape vine - any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

grape - 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

muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia - native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties

common grape vine, vinifera, vinifera grape, Vitis vinifera - common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes

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The steep hillside, from the castle clear down to the water's edge, is terraced, and clothed thick with grape vines. This is like farming a mansard roof.

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Wild grape vines bridged the stream from tree to tree.

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The grape vine ring round and membership lists remained unaltered, and therefore were not necessary for update.

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The property benefits from views over the Coquet Valley beyond and features a drawing room with fireplace and lovely glazed garden room with productive grape vine. There is also a study, dining room and kitchen/ breakfast room.

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Stories from the grape vine consequently had it that infidelity on Cruz's part caused his breakup with Panganiban.

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Canker is the major disease of bacterial origin in grape vine (Vitis sp.), whose causal agent is Xanthomonas campestris pv viticola (Nayudu) Dye.

Infection by Xanthomonas campestris pv.viticola under temperature increase and carbon dioxide concentrations

But, the Australian Royal Botanic Gardens on Friday teamed up with Fairfax Media to report they have mixed the DNA from a coffee plant and a Shiraz grape vine to produce a hybrid that could see vine culture be replaced by coffee production due to climate change.

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To explain how the grape harvester works, I hold my arms up to look like the letter "T" and say, "If I were a grape vine, I would look like a 'T,' and I would be holding hands with other grape vines all in a row.

Grape harvesting teaches kids about agriculture

Growth: grape vine We're cutting it vine to claw back control 6 We've got a vine that went a bit mad this year.

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THE EARLIEST evidence of grape vine cultivation and winemaking dates back 7,000 years.

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Take hardwood cuttings of dogwood, flowering currant, grape vine, honeysuckle and forsythia ?

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In late summer, the grape vine takes centre stage with its bunches of black dessert grapes hanging temptingly above my head as I walk through to the end of the garden.