Definition of Grape
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A
well-known
edible
berry
growing
in
pendent
clusters
or
bunches
on
the
grapevine
.
The
berries
are
smooth-skinned
,
have
a
juicy
pulp
,
and
are
cultivated
in
great
quantities
for
table
use
and
for
making
wine
and
raisins
.
2.
(Bot.)
The
plant
which
bears
this
fruit
;
the
grapevine
.
3.
(Man.)
A
mangy
tumor
on
the
leg
of
a
horse
.
4.
(Mil.)
Grapeshot
.
Grape borer
(Zool.)
See
Vine borer
.
Grape curculio
(Zool.)
a
minute
black
weevil
(
Craponius
inæqualis
)
which
in
the
larval
state
eats
the
interior
of
grapes
.
Grape flower
(Bot.)
a
liliaceous
plant
(
Muscari
racemosum
)
with
small
blue
globular
flowers
in
a
dense
raceme
.
Grape fungus
(Bot.)
a
fungus
(
Oidium
Tuckeri
)
on
grapevines
;
vine
mildew
.
Grape hopper
(Zool.)
a
small
yellow
and
red
hemipterous
insect
,
often
very
injurious
to
the
leaves
of
the
grapevine
.
Grape moth
(Zool.)
a
small
moth
(
Eudemis
botrana
),
which
in
the
larval
state
eats
the
interior
of
grapes
,
and
often
binds
them
together
with
silk
.
Grape of a cannon
the
cascabel
or
knob
at
the
breech
.
Grape sugar
See
Glucose
.
Grape worm
(Zool.)
the
larva
of
the
grape
moth
.
Sour grapes
things
which
persons
affect
to
despise
because
they
can
not
possess
them
; -
in
allusion
to
æsop's
fable
of
the
fox
and
the
grapes
.
Related Words
common
grape
vine
,
fox
grape
,
genus
Vitis
,
grapevine
,
muscadine
,
vine
,
vinifera
,
vinifera
grape
,
Vitis
,
Vitis
labrusca
,
Vitis
rotundifolia
,
Vitis
vinifera
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