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English Dictionary: grape by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grape
n
  1. any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
  2. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
    Synonym(s): grape, grapevine, grape vine
  3. a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
    Synonym(s): grapeshot, grape
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Grape \Grape\, n. [OF. grape, crape, bunch or cluster of grapes,
      F. grappe, akin to F. grappin grapnel, hook; fr. OHG. chrapfo
      hook, G. krapfen, akin to E. cramp. The sense seems to have
      come from the idea of clutching. Cf. {Agraffe}, {Cramp},
      {Grapnel}, {Grapple}.]
      1. (Bot.) A well-known edible berry growing in pendent
            clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The berries are
            smooth-skinned, have a juicy pulp, and are cultivated in
            great quantities for table use and for making wine and
            raisins.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which bears this fruit; the grapevine.
  
      3. (Man.) A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse.
  
      4. (Mil.) Grapeshot.
  
      {Grape borer}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer}.
  
      {Grape curculio} (Zo[94]l.), a minute black weevil
            ({Craponius in[91]qualis}) which in the larval state eats
            the interior of grapes.
  
      {Grape flower}, [or]
  
      {Grape hyacinth} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Muscari
            racemosum}) with small blue globular flowers in a dense
            raceme.
  
      {Grape fungus} (Bot.), a fungus ({Oidium Tuckeri}) on
            grapevines; vine mildew.
  
      {Grape hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a small yellow and red hemipterous
            insect, often very injurious to the leaves of the
            grapevine.
  
      {Grape moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Eudemis botrana}),
            which in the larval state eats the interior of grapes, and
            often binds them together with silk.
  
      {Grape of a cannon}, the cascabel or knob at the breech.
  
      {Grape sugar}. See {Glucose}.
  
      {Grape worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grape moth.
  
      {Sour grapes}, things which persons affect to despise because
            they can not possess them; -- in allusion to [AE]sop's
            fable of the fox and the grapes.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Grape
      the fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in
      Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as "tender" (Cant. 2:13, 15),
      "unripe" (Job 15:33), "sour" (Isa. 18:5), "wild" (Isa. 5:2,4).
      (See Rev. 14:18; Micah 7:1; Jer. 6:9; Ezek. 18:2, for figurative
      use of the word.) (See {VINE}.)
     
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