muscadine

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/ˈmʌskədiːn//ˈmʌskədaɪn/

noun

An American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifolia

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Vitis rotundifoliabullace grape
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Meanings

nounmuscadine (plural muscadines)

plural muscadines · alternative muskadine

  1. An American vine of the subgenus Vitis subg. Muscadinia, Vitis rotundifolia
  2. A grape variety from this vine.
  3. A wine produced from these grapes.

    All black wines, over-hot, compound, strong, thick drinks, as muscadine, malmsey, alicant, rumney, brown bastard, metheglin, and the like […]

    1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York: New York Review Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 223

Synonyms & antonyms

nounnative grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties

Similar
Vitis rotundifolia
Broader
grapegrapevinegrape vine

noundull-purple grape of southern United States

Similar
bullace grape
Broader
grape

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Uncertain, but probably from muscadel, muscatel, + -ine.

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APA

muscadine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscadine

MLA

“muscadine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscadine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muscadine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muscadine.

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