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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Grapevine \Grape"vine'\, noun (Bot.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus {Vitis}, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called {grapes}.
Note: The common grapevine of the Old World is {Vitis vinifera}, and is a native of Central Asia. Another variety is that yielding small seedless grapes commonly called {Zante currants}. The northern {Fox grape} of the United States is the {V. Labrusca}, from which, by cultivation, has come the Isabella variety. The southern {Fox grape}, or {Muscadine}, is the {V. vulpina}. The {Frost grape} is {V. cordifolia}, which has very fragrant flowers, and ripens after the early frosts.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" [syn: {grapevine}, {pipeline}, {word of mouth}]
2: any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries [syn: {grape}, {grapevine}, {grape vine}]
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