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Definition of Grape

1. Noun. Any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters.

2. Noun. Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries.

3. Noun. A cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot.

Definition of Grape

1. n. 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.

Definition of Grape

1. an edible berry [n -S]

Medical Definition of Grape

1. 1. 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. The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine. 3. A mangy tumour on the leg of a horse. 4. Grapeshot. Grape borer. A minute black weevil (Craponius inaequalis) which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes. Grape flower, or Grape hyacinth, the larva of the grape moth. Soar grapes, things which persons affect to despise because they can not possess them; in allusion to aesop's fable of the fox and the grapes. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grape

granuloses granulosis granulosis granulosis rubra nasi granulosity granulovacuolar degeneration granum granum Granville-Barker Granville Stanley Hall

granville wilt granzymes gran casa Gran Santiago grape (current term) grape (current term) grape-leaf begonia graped grapefruit grapefruits

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