a woody climbing vitaceous plant, Vitis rotundifolia, of the southeastern US
2. Also called: scuppernong, bullace grape
the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
Word origin
C16: from muscadel
muscadine in American English
(ˈmʌskədɪn; ˈmʌskəˌdaɪn)
noun
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