Definition of muscadine in English:
muscadine
noun ˈmʌskədɪnˈmʌɪnˈməskəˌdaɪn
Any of a group of species and varieties of wine grape native to Mexico and the south-eastern US, typically having thick skins and a musky flavour.
Genus Vitis (section Muscadinia): several species, in particular V. rotundifolia
Example sentencesExamples
- Sweet muscadine grapes, blackberries, apples, jujubes and a host of other fruits will be available at these upcoming sales.
- A long, green swath of wilderness beckoned, and I eagerly began working my way through a tangle of muscadine vines and palmetto, beneath a hammock of arching live oaks.
- They have supplied grapes to numerous other wineries within the state and been major suppliers of muscadines to area grocery stores for the fresh grape market.
- The undergrowth is often dense with dwarf palmettos and with such vines as earleaf, saw greenbriers (both very prickly), muscadine, and summer grape, all tough on hikers.
- On their way to a party they spotted a basket of sweet muscadine grapes at a roadside stall.
- In the solitude of the piney trails amidst the muscadines, the spines of his stories emerge - stories that are said to ‘rage with imagery.’
Origin
Probably an alteration of muscatel.
Definition of muscadine in US English:
muscadine
nounˈməskəˌdīnˈməskəˌdaɪn
Any of a group of species and varieties of wine grape native to Mexico and the southeastern US, typically having thick skins and a musky flavor.
Genus Vitis (section Muscadinia): several species, in particular V. rotundifolia
Example sentencesExamples
- On their way to a party they spotted a basket of sweet muscadine grapes at a roadside stall.
- In the solitude of the piney trails amidst the muscadines, the spines of his stories emerge - stories that are said to ‘rage with imagery.’
- The undergrowth is often dense with dwarf palmettos and with such vines as earleaf, saw greenbriers (both very prickly), muscadine, and summer grape, all tough on hikers.
- They have supplied grapes to numerous other wineries within the state and been major suppliers of muscadines to area grocery stores for the fresh grape market.
- A long, green swath of wilderness beckoned, and I eagerly began working my way through a tangle of muscadine vines and palmetto, beneath a hammock of arching live oaks.
- Sweet muscadine grapes, blackberries, apples, jujubes and a host of other fruits will be available at these upcoming sales.
Origin
Probably an alteration of muscatel.