grape

English

/ɡɹeɪp/

noun
Definitions
  • (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
  • (countable) A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis.
  • (countable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
  • (uncountable) grapeshot.
  • A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
  • (US) A person's head.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English grape derived from Old French grappe, crape, grape (bunch of grapes, cluster of fruit flowers) derived from Frankish *krappō (hook) derived from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (hook).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*greb-

Gloss

hook

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