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noun

Muscadine n.

(Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine.

(Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear.

(Zool.) See Muscardin.

Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it.

Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value. Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color. Called also golden chasselas.

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Etymology of 'Muscadine'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muscadine" Quotes from Famous Books

... stained with the blood Of the innocent boy, who, some years back, Was taken and crucified by the Jews, In that ancient town of Bacharach; Perdition upon those infidel Jews, In that ancient town of Bacharach! The beautiful town, that gives us wine With the fragrant odor of Muscadine! I should deem it wrong to let this pass Without first touching my lips to the glass, For here in the midst of the current I stand, Like the stone Pfalz in the midst of the river Taking toll upon either hand, And much more ...

— The Golden Legend • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

... Favraud. You drank good wine yourself, when you were here, and I partook with you moderately. But I buy none such. I drown not, Clarence-like, even in butts of malmsey, my hard-earned gold; and I own I am not fond of the juices of the muscadine of your hills;" and she tapped ...

— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield

... length, of the last year's growth, with 1 in. of old wood attached, taken the latter end of February. Plant these deep in the ground, leaving one eye only above the surface. Both the Black Hamburgh and Royal Muscadine ripen as well as any ...

— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink

Words linked to "Muscadine" : bullace grape, scuppernong, genus Vitis, grapevine, Vitis, grape vine, Vitis rotundifolia, grape