grape

/ɡɹeɪp/

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noun

  1. A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
  2. A woody vine that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine; of genus Vitis.
  3. A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
  4. Grapeshot.

verb

  1. To pick grapes.
  2. (of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
  3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
  4. (north) To grope.

adjective

  1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
  2. Of a dark purplish red colour.