MUSCADINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muscadine mean? 

• MUSCADINE (noun)
  The noun MUSCADINE has 2 senses:

1. native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties

2. dull-purple grape of southern United States

  Familiarity information: MUSCADINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCADINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia

Hypernyms ("muscadine" is a kind of...):

grape; grape vine; grapevine (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)

Meronyms (parts of "muscadine"):

bullace grape; muscadine (dull-purple grape of southern United States)

Holonyms ("muscadine" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dull-purple grape of southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bullace grape; muscadine

Hypernyms ("muscadine" is a kind of...):

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 "muscadine"):

scuppernong (amber-green muscadine grape of southeastern United States)

Holonyms ("muscadine" is a part of...):

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

 Context examples 

Come, drink a stoup of muscadine with me, mes anges, for my heart is warm to be among ye again.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Upon administration, muscadine grape skin extract (MSKE) appears to inhibit PI3K/Akt and MAPK signaling, eventually leading to apoptosis and a reduction in tumor cell proliferation.

(Muscadine Grape Skin Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The skin extract of the muscadine grape contains numerous phytochemicals including hydrolyzable tannins and flavonoids, such as anthocyanin 3,5-diglucosides, quercetin, myricetin, and kaempferol glycosides.

(Muscadine Grape Skin Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Will you not at least hie back to Bordeaux with us, that you may drain a cup of muscadine and sup at our table?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)