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ˈwine-grape
[f. wine n.1 + grape n.1]
†1. A cluster or bunch of grapes. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3710 Ðes .xii. ðider hem hauen broȝt,..An win-grape on an cuuel-staf.
2. A grape from which wine is made. orig. U.S.
1838Penny Cycl. XI. 356/2 The fruit of several other species of vitis, natives of America, possess some merit as wine-grapes. 1845–50A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 149 He has traced the northern limit of the wine-grape, where the mean annual temperature is about 50°. 1868Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 212 What varieties are in highest repute as wine grapes? 1922Joyce Ulysses 468 Mammoth roses murmur of scarlet winegrapes. 1981Times 7 Feb. 13/4 They do not want any modification of traditional Dao style by the introduction of other European wine grapes. |