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Definition of Grape

1. Noun. Any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters.

2. Noun. Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries.

3. Noun. A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.

Definition of Grape

1. n. A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins.

Definition of Grape

1. Noun. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on certain vines. ¹

2. Noun. A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine. ¹

3. Noun. (context: countable uncountable) A dark purplish red colour, the colour of many grapes. ¹

4. Noun. grapeshot. ¹

5. Adjective. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor. ¹

6. Adjective. Of a dark purplish red colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grape

1. an edible berry [n -S]

Medical Definition of Grape

1. 1. A well-known edible berry growing in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in great quantities for table use and for making wine and raisins. 2. The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. 3. A mangy tumour on the leg of a horse. 4. Grapeshot. Grape borer. A minute black weevil (Craponius inaequalis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth, the larva of the grape moth. Soar grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; in allusion to aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes. Origin: OF. Grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes, F. Grappe, akin to F. Grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. Chrapfo hook, G. Krapfen, akin to E. Cramp. The sense seems to have come from the idea of clutching. Cf. Agraffe, Cramp, Grapnel, Grapple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grape

granulose granuloses granulosis granulosis rubra nasi granulosity granulous granulovacuolar degeneration granulovirus granuloviruses granulysin

granum granuphilin granville wilt granzyme granzymes grape-leaf begonia grape-stone grape arbor grape arbour grape endings

grape fern grape fruit grape hyacinth grape jelly grape juice grape louse grape phylloxera grape sugar

Literary usage of Grape

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"No standard of what grape Juice it should contain :— At the Salford Borough Police Court, before the stipendiary magistrate (Mr. J. Makinson), ..."

2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"With the Armenians, the beginning of the grape harvest is at ... For those of the city people who own vineyards, the grape- harvest constitutes the summer ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"ENTOMOLOGY.1 NOTES ON THE grape PHYLLOXERA AND ON LAWS TO PREVENT ITS INTRODUCTION.—I have received the following letter from a well-known grape grower of ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"For an extended sketch of American grape history, see Bailey, "Evolution of Our Native Fruits" (1898). The American grape literature is voluminous. ..."

5. The Analyst (1879)
"No standard of what grape Juice it should contain :— At the Salford Borough Police Court, before the stipendiary magistrate (Mr. J. Makinson), ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The greatest development of the native grape industry has taken place in New York and ... There are also important grape interests in Ontario, Michigan, ..."

7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"AN examination of glucose syrups and grape-sugars will show an acid ... Sulphurous acid is added to the glucose syrup or grape-sugar when in the cooler. ..."

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