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Grape definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRAPE, n. [This word is from the root of grab, gripe,and signifies primarily a cluster or bunch.]
1. Properly, a cluster of the fruit of the vine; but with us, a single berry of the vine; the fruit from which wine is made by expression and fermentation.
2. In the manege, grapes signifies mangy tumors on the legs of a horse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
2: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries [syn: grape, grapevine, grape vine]
3: a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot [syn: grapeshot, grape]

Merriam Webster's

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French grape grape stalk, bunch of grapes, grape, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German kr?pfo hook Date: 14th century 1. a smooth-skinned juicy greenish-white to deep red or purple berry eaten dried or fresh as a fruit or fermented to produce wine 2. any of numerous woody vines (genus Vitis of the family Vitaceae, the grape family) that usually climb by tendrils, produce clustered fruits that are grapes, and are nearly cosmopolitan in cultivation 3. grapeshot • grapelike adjective

Britannica Concise

Any of the 60 plant species that make up the genus Vitis (family Vitaceae), native to the N temperate zone, incl. varieties that may be eaten as table fruit, dried to produce raisins, or crushed to make grape juice or wine.V. vinifera is the species most commonly used in wine making. The grape is usually a woody vine, climbing by means of tendrils. In arid regions it may form an almost erect shrub. Botanically, the fruit is a berry. Grapes contain such minerals as calcium and phosphorus and are a source of vitamin A. All grapes contain sugar (glucose and fructose) in varying quantities depending on the variety.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a berry (usu. green, purple, or black) growing in clusters on a vine, used as fruit and in making wine. 2 (prec. by the) colloq. wine. 3 = GRAPESHOT. 4 (in pl.) a diseased growth like a bunch of grapes on the pastern of a horse etc., or on a pleura in cattle. Phrases and idioms: grape hyacinth any liliaceous plant of the genus Muscari, with clusters of usu. blue flowers. grape-sugar dextrose. Derivatives: grapey adj. (also grapy). Etymology: ME f. OF grape bunch of grapes prob. f. graper gather (grapes) f. grape hook, ult. f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Grape Grape, n. [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.] 1. (Bot.) 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. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. 3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. 4. (Mil.) Grapeshot. Grape borer. (Zo["o]l.) See Vine borer. Grape curculio (Zo["o]l.), a minute black weevil (Craponius in[ae]qualis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth (Bot.), a liliaceous plant (Muscari racemosum) with small blue globular flowers in a dense raceme. Grape fungus (Bot.), a fungus (Oidium Tuckeri) on grapevines; vine mildew. Grape hopper (Zo["o]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the grapevine. Grape moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth (Eudemis botrana), which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and often binds them together with silk. Grape of a cannon, the cascabel or knob at the breech. Grape sugar. See Glucose. Grape worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the grape moth. Sour grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's fable of the fox and the grapes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(grapes) 1. Grapes are small green or dark purple fruit which grow in bunches. Grapes can be eaten raw, used for making wine, or dried. N-COUNT 2. If you describe someone's attitude as sour grapes, you mean that they say something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it. These accusations have been going on for some time now, but it is just sour grapes. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, PHR after v

Easton's Bible Dictionary

the fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as "tender" (Cant. 2:13, 15), "unripe" (Job 15:33), "sour" (Isa. 18:5), "wild" (Isa. 5:2,4). (See Rev. 14:18; Micah 7:1; Jer. 6:9; Ezek. 18:2, for figurative use of the word.) (See VINE.)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Fruit of the vine.