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GRAPE VINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
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Hypernyms ("grape vine" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Meronyms (parts of "grape vine"):
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 "grape vine"):
fox grape; Vitis labrusca (native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes)
muscadine; Vitis rotundifolia (native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties)
common grape vine; vinifera; vinifera grape; Vitis vinifera (common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes)
Holonyms ("grape vine" 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)