wine-grapen.
/ˈwʌɪnɡreɪp/, U.S. /ˈwaɪnˌɡreɪp/ΘΚΠ
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3710 Ðes .xii. ðider hem hauen brogt..An win-grape on an cuuel-staf.
2. A grape from which wine is made. Originally U.S.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > vine grapes > generic
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1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 356/2 The fruit of several other species of vitis, natives of America, possess some merit as wine-grapes.
1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) 149 He has traced the northern limit of the wine-grape, where the mean annual temperature is about 50°.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 212 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV What varieties are in highest repute as wine grapes?
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 451 Mammoth roses murmur of scarlet winegrapes.
1981 Times 7 Feb. 13/4 They do not want any modification of traditional Dao style by the introduction of other European wine grapes.
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