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Grapevine

Grapevine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grapevine? [n] gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [n] any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grapevine: grape \| pipeline \| word of mouth Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grapevine: adviser \| algae \| announcer \| annunciator \| authority \| autophyte \| bean \| bracken \| brown algae \| bruit \| bush telegraph \| buzz \| canard \| channel \| climber \| common talk \| communicant \| communicator \| conferva \| confervoid \| creeper \| cry \| diatom \| enlightener \| expert witness \| fern \| flying rumor \| fruits and vegetables \| fucus \| fungus \| gossip \| gossipmonger \| grapevine telegraph \| green algae \| gulfweed \| hearsay \| herb \| heterophyte \| idea afloat \| informant \| information center \| information medium \| informer \| interviewee \| ivy \| kelp \| latrine rumor \| legume \| lentil \| liana \| lichen \| liverwort \| mold \| monitor \| moss \| mouthpiece \| mushroom \| news stirring \| newsmonger \| notifier \| on-dit \| parasite \| parasitic plant \| pea \| perthophyte \| phytoplankton \| pipeline \| planktonic algae \| plant families \| press \| public relations officer \| publisher \| puffball \| pulse \| radio \| red algae \| report \| reporter \| rockweed \| roorback \| rumble \| rumor \| rust \| saprophyte \| sargasso \| sargassum \| scuttlebutt \| sea lentil \| sea moss \| sea wrack \| seaweed \| smut \| source \| spokesman \| succulent \| talk \| television \| teller \| tipster \| toadstool \| tout \| town talk \| unconfirmed report \| vetch \| vine \| whisper \| witness \| wort \| wrack See Also \| comment \| common grape vine \| fox grape \| genus Vitis \| gossip \| muscadine \| scuttlebutt \| vine \| vinifera \| vinifera grape \| Vitis \| Vitis labrusca \| Vitis rotundifolia \| Vitis vinifera Grapevine In Webster's Dictionary \Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus {Vitis}, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called {grapes}. Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called {Zante currants}. The northern {Fox grape} of the United States is the {V. Labrusca}, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern {Fox grape}, or {Muscadine}, is the {V. vulpina}. The {Frost grape} is {V. cordifolia}, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.

Grapevine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grapevine?

[n] gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
[n] any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grapevine: grape | pipeline | word of mouth

Grapevine In Webster's Dictionary

\Grape"vine`\, n. (Bot.)
A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus {Vitis}, having small
green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called
{grapes}.

Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis
      vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another
      variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly
      called {Zante currants}. The northern {Fox grape} of
      the United States is the {V. Labrusca}, from which, by
      cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The
      southern {Fox grape}, or {Muscadine}, is the {V.
      vulpina}. The {Frost grape} is {V. cordifolia}, which
      has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early
      frosts.

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