GRAPE VINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grape vine mean? 

• GRAPE VINE (noun)
  The noun GRAPE VINE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

  Familiarity information: GRAPE VINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAPE VINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

grape; grape vine; grapevine

Hypernyms ("grape vine" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Meronyms (parts of "grape vine"):

grape (any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grape vine"):

fox grape; Vitis labrusca (native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes)

muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia (native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties)

common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)

Holonyms ("grape vine" is a member of...):

genus Vitis; Vitis (the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes)