muscadine

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English

Muscadines (red, small) and scuppernongs (green, large) in a bowl.

Etymology

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Noun

muscadine (plural muscadines)

  1. An American vine of the subgenus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
  2. A grape variety from this vine.
  3. A wine produced from these grapes.
    • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York, 2001, p.223:
      All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like []

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