About The Word Grapevine
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Grapevine
Grapevine Definition And Meaning |
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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.
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