Muscadine

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• Muscadine — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magno …   Wikipedia

• muscadine — [ myskadin ] n. f. • XXe; de muscade (1o) ♦ Chocolat fin fourré qui imite l aspect de la noix muscade. ● muscadine nom féminin Vigne d une variété canadienne. Vin que produit cette vigne. ⇒MUSCADINE, subst. fém. Cépage à raisins noirs cultivé au… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Muscadine — Mus ca*dine, n. [See {Muscadel}.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See {Grapevine}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• muscadine — [mus′kə din, mus′kədīn΄] n. [altered < muscadel, var. of MUSCATEL] an American grape (Vitis rotundifolia) growing in the SE U.S., with small leaves, simple tendrils, and small clusters of large, spherical, musky, purple grapes …   English World dictionary

• Muscadine — Grapevine 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}. [1913 Webster] Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis vinifera},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• muscadine — Muscardin Mus car*din, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk scented lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See {Muscadel}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The common European dormouse; so named from its odor. [Written also {muscadine}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• muscadine grape — apskritalapis vynmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Vynmedinių šeimos maistinis, vaisinis, vaistinis augalas (Vitis rotundifolia), paplitęs Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Vitis rotundifolia angl. muscadine grape; southern fox grape …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• muscadine grape — noun see muscadine 2 …   Useful english dictionary

• muscadine — noun Etymology: probably alteration of muscatel Date: circa 1785 a grape (Vitis rotundifolia) of the southern United States with musky fruits borne in small clusters; also the fruit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• muscadine — /mus keuh din, duyn /, n. a grape, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southern U.S., having dull purple, thick skinned musky fruit and being the origin of many grape varieties. [1535 45; MUSCAD(EL) + INE1] * * * …   Universalium