scuppernong
English
Etymology
Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "alg" is not valid. See WT:LOL. word.[1] Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈskʌpənɒŋ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɔŋ/, /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɑŋ/
- Hyphenation: scup‧per‧nong
Noun
scuppernong (plural scuppernongs)
- A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.).
- A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.
Usage notes
- A great many alternative forms and pronunciations of this word are found. The most common, attested since the 1820s-40s, is scuppernon / scuppanon /ˈskʌp.ər.ˌnɔn/, /ˈskʌp.ə.ˌnɔn/. Scupperdine / scuppadine is also encountered; this is properly the name of a scuppernong-muscadine cross.
References
- ^ Bland Simpson and Ann Cary Simpson, in Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain, suggest "Askúponong"