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Meaning
Noun
●
In Purples:
A small, round, smooth-skinned
edible
fruit
, usually
purple
,
red
, or
green
, that
grows
in
bunches
on
vines
of
genus
Vitis.
●
In Grapevines:
A
woody
vine
of
genus
Vitis that
bears
clusters
of
grapes
; a grapevine.
●
In Fruits:
Any of various
fruits
or
plants
with
varying
resemblances
to those of
genus
Vitis but
belonging
to other
genera
; their
edibility
varies.
●
A
dark
purplish-red
colour
, the
colour
of many grapes.
●
Clipping of grapeshot.
●
A
mangy
tumour
on a horse's leg.
●
In American English:
A purple-shirted
technician
responsible
for
refueling
aircraft.
●
In African-American Vernacular English, American English, Colors & Purples:
A person's head.
Adj
●
Containing
grapes
or having a
grape
flavor.
●
Of a
dark
purplish
red
colour.
Verb
●
To
pick
grapes.
●
To develop
tubercules
as a result of
tuberculosis.
●
To develop a
texture
with small grape-like
clusters
of a
contaminant
or
foreign
substance.
●
In British English, Colors & Purples:
To grope.
●
In Hong Kong English:
To
envy
(derived from "
sour grapes
" idiom).
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
grape
English
grape
Middle English (1100-1500)
grape
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
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