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scuppernong

/skuhp-er-nawng, -nong/US // ˈskʌp ərˌnɔŋ, -ˌnɒŋ //UK // (ˈskʌpəˌnɒŋ) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.
    • : the vine bearing this fruit, grown in the southern U.S.

Examples

  • She tendered me a chair; while her husband opened a sideboard, and brought forth a box of Havanas and a decanter of Scuppernong.

  • Also there was a cup of sweet wine, home-pressed from the berries the Indian scuppernong, to wash them down.

  • A seedling of Scuppernong pollinated by Vitis munsoniana; from Munson in 1896.

  • A seedling of Scuppernong crossed with a Lincecumii hybrid; from Munson, about 1898.

  • Indeed, where Vitis rotundifolia grows wild, all of the forms are often included in the term Scuppernong.

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