Definition of Mountain grape

1. Noun. Ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Grape

mountain clubmoss
mountain cranberry
mountain daisy
mountain devil
mountain disease
mountain ebony
mountain everlasting
mountain fern
mountain fetterbush
mountain fever
mountain four o'clock
mountain goat
mountain goats
mountain gorilla
mountain gorillas
mountain grape (current term)
mountain hare
mountain hares
mountain heath
mountain hemlock
mountain hollyhock
mountain lady's slipper
mountain laurel
mountain lily
mountain lion
mountain lions
mountain male fern
mountain man
mountain maple
mountain mint

Literary usage of Mountain grape

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

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Paul sent them a sample of the Green mountain grape in the spring of 1885; ... A party offered us the wood ot a vine of the Green mountain grape last fall, ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"3. The knob at the butt of a cannon.—4. pi. In farriery, a mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.— 5. Milit., grape-shot—Black mountain grape, of Jamaica, ..."

3. Texas: Her Resources and Capabilities: Being a Description of the State of by South Western Immigration Company, Tex Austin (1881)
"In the highland and mountainous districts, the " mountain grape " grows abundantly. Dr. Buckley classes it as a distinct species, calling it Vitis monticola ..."

4. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete by John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré (1872)
"... mountain grape, Texan mountain grape, Post-oak grape. —Cultivation of the vine in America.—Variation of vines cultivated in North America. ..."

5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Paul sent them a sample of the Green mountain grape in the spring of 1885; ... A party offered us the wood ot a vine of the Green mountain grape last fall, ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"3. The knob at the butt of a cannon.—4. pi. In farriery, a mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.— 5. Milit., grape-shot—Black mountain grape, of Jamaica, ..."

7. Texas: Her Resources and Capabilities: Being a Description of the State of by South Western Immigration Company, Tex Austin (1881)
"In the highland and mountainous districts, the " mountain grape " grows abundantly. Dr. Buckley classes it as a distinct species, calling it Vitis monticola ..."

8. A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine: Being a Complete by John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré (1872)
"... mountain grape, Texan mountain grape, Post-oak grape. —Cultivation of the vine in America.—Variation of vines cultivated in North America. ..."

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