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MUSCADINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dull-purple grape of southern United States

Synonyms:

bullace grape; muscadine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("muscadine" is a kind of...):

grape (any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscadine"):

scuppernong (amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("muscadine" is a part of...):

muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia (native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties

Synonyms:

muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("muscadine" is a kind of...):

grape; grape vine; grapevine (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)

Meronyms (parts of "muscadine"):

bullace grape; muscadine (dull-purple grape of southern United States)

Holonyms ("muscadine" is a member of...):

genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)

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