» grapevine
Noun (2 meanings)
1. gossip spread by spoken communication.
Example:
- “the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth”
grapevine is a type of:
- gossip, comment, scuttlebutt (noun) - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
2. any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries.
grapevine is a type of:
- vine (noun) - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
types of grapevine:
- fox grape, Vitis labrusca (noun) - native grape of northeastern United States
- muscadine, Vitis rotundifolia (noun) - native grape of southeastern United States
- vinifera, vinifera grape, common grape vine, Vitis vinifera (noun) - common European grape cultivated in many varieties
grapevine is a member of:
- Vitis, genus Vitis (noun) - the type genus of the family Vitaceae
parts of grapevine:
- grape (noun) - any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins